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321) Community Seedbanking to Improve the Resilience of Farmers: the Case of Kiziba Seedbank in Uganda
The Kiziba seedbank was established in June 2010 in Kabwohe site, Uganda, as part of a project to improve the productivity and resilience of seeds for farmers through enhanced use of crop varietal diversity, focusing on Common bean and Banana. Common bean has been primarily managed by women, therefore...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2017
322) Community-Based Conservation
This chapter provides a historical perspective on the development of community-based conservation and how approaches are grounded in changes that not only occurred in conservation practice but also in agriculture and rural development. This is achieved by looking at some of the pivotal changes in thinking...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
323) Community-based Mechanisms for Promoting Access and Benefit Sharing
In the last 2 decades, Nepal has piloted and promoted some of the good practices for community biodiversity management (CBM) approaches to promote access and exchange of seeds and planting materials as well as facilitate benefit sharing to ensure food and nutrition security of households in Nepal. The...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
324) Community-Based Seed Production System (CBSP) in Nigeria: An Opening for Complementing National Supply of Quality Seeds
Two seeds systems co-exist in Nigeria, the formal and informal systems. An integrated system (semi-formal) brings together core elements of both the formal and informal systems. In the semi-formal seed system, farmer groups produce, distribute and market Certified Seeds endorsed by the National Agricultural...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2008
325) Community-led participatory approaches to improving dietary diversity in Vihiga County, Kenya
An information sheet with brief overview of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and the work that has been carried out in Vihiga County since 2015. The information sheet briefly presents the results of the quasi-experimental evaluation exercise of the integrated community based approach...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020