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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