This handbook is a companion to Community seed banks: concept and practice: facilitator handbook by Ronnie Vernooy, Bhuwon Sthapit, and Guy Bessette (Bioversity International 2017). The three booklets making up this handbook were written and designed for rural producers who are interested in esta...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Bessette, G.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Procuna Ferrer, A.
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[¿Como establecer y manejar un banco comunitario de semillas? Manual del productor agricola Gestion, redes, politicas y un resumen: Cuaderno 3 de 3]
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¿Como establecer y manejar un banco comunitario de semillas? Manual del productor agricola Gestion, redes, politicas y un resumen: Cuaderno 3 de 3
This brief aims to create more awareness that no country is self-sufficient in plant genetic resources and that international exchanges have facilitated critical variety innovations in individual countries contributing significantly to agricultural productivity enhancement. The brief synthesizes ...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Clancy, E.
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[No country is self-sufficient when it comes to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: the cases of Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Uganda]
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No country is self-sufficient when it comes to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: the cases of Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Guatemala, Nepal, Rwanda and Uganda
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Dibiloane, A.
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Maluleke, N.L.
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Matelele, L.
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Percy, M.
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Mokoena, M.
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Phora, G.
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Sema, P.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Tjikana T.T.
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[Multiplying diversity: strengthening community seedbanks in South Africa’s smallholder farming areas.]
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Multiplying diversity: strengthening community seedbanks in South Africa’s smallholder farming areas.
Sthapit, B.R.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Shrestha, P.
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[Comparative analysis of key aspects of community seed banks: governance and management]
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Comparative analysis of key aspects of community seed banks: governance and management
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Treaty) is the first legally binding international agreement that explicitly recognizes farmers' rights. The normative content of the Treaty's Article 9 on farmers' rights is relatively open-ended. It sets the scene...
Halewood, Michael
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Deupmann, P.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Ceccarelli, S.
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[Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007]
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Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights: October 2007
This toolkit provides practical guidance for making use of the “Indicators of Resilience in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)” in the field. The indicators are a tool for engaging local communities in adaptive management of the landscapes and seascapes in which they liv...
Bergamini, N.
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Dunbar, W.
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Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.
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Ichikawa, K.
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Matsumoto, I.
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Mijatovic, D.
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Morimoto, Y.
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Remple, N.
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Salvemini, D.
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Suzuki, W.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
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Bioversity International
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Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
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United Nations Environment Programme
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[Toolkit for the indicators of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes]
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Toolkit for the indicators of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes
The Scaling Community Seed Banks and Farmer Seed Enterprises in East and Southern Africa workshop was held in Entebbe, Uganda on 2-4 October 2019, to share experiences about community seed bank management and to develop national pilot scaling proposals. The workshop was organized under the umbrel...
Adokorach, Joyce
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Kakeeto, Ronald
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[Scaling community seedbanks and farmer seed enterprises in East and Southern Africa: Workshop Highlights, 2-4 October 2019, Entebbe, Uganda]
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Scaling community seedbanks and farmer seed enterprises in East and Southern Africa: Workshop Highlights, 2-4 October 2019, Entebbe, Uganda
Los cultivos de gran diversidad como el maíz, fríjol y papa incluyen muchas variedades de alto valor público nacional y global, aunque solo algunas tienen sus valores reconocidos por los mercados. Esto afecta el estado de conservación de las variedades.
Una solución innovadora para este dilema de...
Drucker, A.G.
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Alonzo, S.
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Ramírez, M.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Bancos comunitarios de semillas y el uso de recompensas por servicios de conservación de la agrobiodiversidad: primeras experiencias de la Sierra de Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango, Guatemala]
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Bancos comunitarios de semillas y el uso de recompensas por servicios de conservación de la agrobiodiversidad: primeras experiencias de la Sierra de Cuchumatanes, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
The project Integrated agricultural technologies for enhanced adaptive capacity and resilient livelihoods in climate-smart villages (CSVs) of Southeast Asia aims to provide climate-smart agriculture options to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience among CSV farmers and stakeholders. The projec...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Hoang, Thi Lua
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[Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Initial results in Ma Village, Vietnam]
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Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Initial results in Ma Village, Vietnam
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)