Over three decades, a number of international and national organizations have provided technical and financial support to community seed banks around the world. Only a few of these organizations have developed and published a practical guide about how they have offered this support. This handbook...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Bessette, G.
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[Bancos comunitarios de semillas: concepto y practica. Manual para el facilitador]
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Bancos comunitarios de semillas: concepto y practica. Manual para el facilitador
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
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Shrestha, P.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Seeds to keep and seeds to share: the multiple roles of community seed banks]
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Seeds to keep and seeds to share: the multiple roles of community seed banks
Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Seeds of adaptation. Climate change, crop diversification and the role of women farmers.]
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Seeds of adaptation. Climate change, crop diversification and the role of women farmers.
This brief examines how current seed policies and laws in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda affect smallholder farmers’ practices in terms of seed selection, saving, and storage; replanting or multiplication; sharing; improvement; and marketing. The examination is based on three measures: the degree of...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Options for national governments to support smallholder farmer seed systems: The cases of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.]
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Options for national governments to support smallholder farmer seed systems: The cases of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
This report summarizes the policy, research and capacity development activities that research teams from Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Uganda and partner organizations will jointly carry out for the project “Strengthening national capacities to impl...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Bioversity International
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[Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Report of the first project planning workshop, 6-10 February 2012, Rome, Italy]
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Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Report of the first project planning workshop, 6-10 February 2012, Rome, Italy
This report summarizes the presentations and discussions of a diverse group of 20 researchers from academic institutions in China involved in national and international policy and law development related to agricultural biodiversity. Based on three field project experiences, the current instituti...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Zhang Zongwen
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Song Yiching
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Bioversity International
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[Policies of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: China and the world: Report of a workshop, 1 December 2011, Beijing, China]
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Policies of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: China and the world: Report of a workshop, 1 December 2011, Beijing, China
The project “Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture” brings together partners from eight countries: Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Uganda; and other organizations. T...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Halewood, Michael
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Bioversity International
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[Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Report of the research planning and training workshop, 2-4 May 2012]
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Strengthening national capacities to implement the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Report of the research planning and training workshop, 2-4 May 2012
The Resilient Seed Systems Handbook Second Edition, developed by a multidisciplinary team of Bioversity International researchers and research partners, is a tool that supports research and capacity building on resilient seed systems in the context of adaptation to climate change. The first edit...
This brief presents the findings and lessons learned of a study tour by a team from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of South Africa to neighbouring Zimbabwe, to learn about the roles of Farmer Field Schools, functions and operations of community seedbanks and various forms o...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Netnou-Nkoana, N.
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Mokoena, M.
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Sema, R.
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Tjikana T.T.
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Kasasa, P.
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Mbozi, H.
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Mushonga, J.
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Mushita, A.
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[“COMING TOGETHER” (Batanai): Learning from Zimbabwe’s experiences with community biodiversity conservation, participatory crop improvement and climate change adaptation]
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“COMING TOGETHER” (Batanai): Learning from Zimbabwe’s experiences with community biodiversity conservation, participatory crop improvement and climate change adaptation