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1066) Resilient seed systems for climate-change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-regionn: Report of training workshop, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 17-21 September 2019.
Especially in developing countries, farmers face unprecedented climate-change challenges, where their current seed systems do not adequately serve their needs. Despite millennia-long processes of farmer- sections, relatively few locally-adapted varieties or cultivars are available to farmers. Bioversity...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2019
1067) Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture: A Real Alternative to False Solutions
This document wants to illustrate the relationship between climate change and agriculture; review and demonstrate how current climate change policy responses fall short of addressing the realities of poor rural farmers who are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; and paint an alternative...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2012
1068) Facilitator’s Guide: Community Managed Seed Security (CMSS) model
The CMSS model is a participatory farmer-led approach for systematically planning and executing interventions towards promoting farmers’ seed security and seed sovereignty. The model consolidates the existing good seed security practices scattered across the PELUM Uganda network into a comprehensive...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016
1069) Twenty Initiatives Saving Seeds for Future Generations
Many farmers groups, nonprofit organizations, and governments are working to conserve and enhance seed diversity through seed banks, exchange networks and cooperatives, and educational programs. This article highlights 20 important seed-saving projects across the globe that are helping preserve agricultural...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1070) Participatory Research and On-Farm Management of Agricultural Biodiversity in Europe
European agriculture faces some serious challenges from climate change, environmental degradation and rural social decline. In this context, maintaining the diversity of the natural resource base and the multi-functionality of agriculture keeps options open for adapting successfully to changing conditions....
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2011