A promising start has been made: the two new community seedbanks of Gumbu and Sterkspruit and complementary technical support provided by the government will allow farmers to improve seed conservation technologies, increase access to crop diversity, apply crop improvement practices and explore se...
Tjikana T.T.
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Dibiloane, A.
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Maluleke, N.
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Moila, P.
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Phora, G.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Sharing diversity: establishing and supporting community seedbanks in South Africa (pilot phase 2013-2015)]
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Sharing diversity: establishing and supporting community seedbanks in South Africa (pilot phase 2013-2015)
South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in collaboration with Bioversity International, has initiated a community seedbank strategy to support smallholder communities to revive and improve their traditional seed-saving practices for the sake of food security and sustaina...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Dibiloane, A.
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Maluleke, N.L.
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Moila, P.
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Phora, G.
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Tjikana T.T.
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[Implementing a national community seedbank strategy for South Africa]
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Implementing a national community seedbank strategy for South Africa
This report presents the findings of a field mission to Limpopo and Eastern Cape provinces of the Republic of South Africa, following a previous mission which had recommended establishing pilot community seedbanks in each province. See previous report Embracing diversity: inputs for a strategy t...
Maluleke, N.
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Moila, P.
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Phora, G.
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Dibiloane, A.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Report of follow up field visits to Limpopo and Eastern Cape]
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[Savouring diversity: first steps in implementing a strategy to support community seedbanks in South Africa’s smallholder farming areas]
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Savouring diversity: first steps in implementing a strategy to support community seedbanks in South Africa’s smallholder farming areas
This report presents the findings of the 2015 field missions to Limpopo and Eastern Cape provinces of the Republic of South Africa. The missions aimed to build the technical and organizational capacity of the farmers to be able to manage the community seedbanks independently, with minimum support...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Tjikana T.T.
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Dibiloane, A.
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Maluleke, N.
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Moila, P.
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Phora, G.
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[Mobilizing diversity: establishment of the first two community seedbanks in South Africa’s smallholder farming areas]
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Mobilizing diversity: establishment of the first two community seedbanks in South Africa’s smallholder farming areas