Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Community Seed Banks: Sharing Experiences from North and South

The number of community seed banks is rapidly increasing, in response to the growing demand for greater diversity of crop genetic resources among farmers and gardeners around the world. Two major studies made by DIVERSIFOOD shed light on this development, enabling a closer look at the differing approaches, methods, outreach and achievements. This report summarizes the results. 
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectFarming Systems
PublisherDIVERSIFOOD
Publication year2018
RegionsEurope; Asia; Africa
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typeLearning materials
Resource linkhttp://www.diversifood.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/report_community_seed_banks_BAT_web.pdf
KeywordsCommunity seed banks; Best practices approaches and techniques
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