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316) Community seed banks: Origins, Evolution and Prospects
This book reviews the history and evolution of community seed banks (CSBs), including experiences, challenges and future prospects. It is presented in two parts: 1) a comparative analysis of key aspects of CSBs (origins and evolution, functions and activities, governance and management, technical issues,...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa; Asia; Europe; Global; Latin America and the Caribbean; North America
Publication year: 2015
317) 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,...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Europe; Asia; Africa
Publication year: 2018
318) Community Seed Production Science with a Human Face : Workshop Proceedings
In December 2013, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with ICRISAT, ICARDA, and CIAT, organized an expert consultation workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Community Seed Production (CSP). The workshop’s objective was to create a roadmap and develop...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2013
319) Community Seed Production: Workshop Proceedings
The civil society – independent of the private sector and government – plays a unique role in promoting and advocating Community Seed Production (CSP) for smallholder farmers. Oftentimes, farmer groups, farmer associations and other community-based institutions provide support to seed related activities...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global; Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Asia
Publication year: 2013
320) Community seed promoters trained in sustainable maize seed production and marketing in Nepal
The Hill Maize Research Project (HMRP), funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) was initiated in 1999 with the objective of increasing the food security of farm families in the hills of Nepal by raising the productivity and sustainability of maize-based cropping systems. This...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2012