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How to develop and manage your own community seed bank: Farmers’ handbook. Establishing a community seed bank: Booklet 1 of 3

This handbook is a companion to Community seed banks: concept and practice. Facilitator handbook. The three booklets making up this handbook were written and designed for rural producers who are interested in establishing, supporting, and managing a community seed bank. Each booklet focuses on a theme presented by the members of a community seed bank in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Booklet 1 explains how you can establish and support your own community seed bank.    Also available in French and in Spanish
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectFarming Systems
PublisherAlliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Publication year2020
RegionsGlobal; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Africa
LanguagesSpanish; French; English
Resource typeLearning materials
Resource linkhttps://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/92000/Establishing_Vernooy_2020.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y
KeywordsCommunity seed banks; Farmers’ field school; Training, Capacity Building; Plant breeding