This brief presents suggestions for the design and use of a community biodiversity register as a practical tool for communities to: (i) establish an inventory to allow monitoring of crop diversity and to document its associated farmer (traditional) knowledge, (ii) generate a collective sense of c...
Gómez César, M.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Safeguarding local crop knowledge: the use of community biodiversity registers]
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Safeguarding local crop knowledge: the use of community biodiversity registers
This brief presents the results of research on the conservation and sustainable use of rice diversity in Bangladesh and how the rice varieties used and planted are intrinsically linked to religious festivals, food culture, land morphology and the climate that shape rice farming/cropping in this r...
Akhter, F.
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Khatun, A.
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Khatun, F.
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Islam, R.
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Mostafa, G.
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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[Rice diversity and the joy of eid]
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Rice diversity and the joy of eid
Community seedbanks and emerging networks of community seedbanks contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Community seedbanks can secure improved access to and availability of diverse, locally adapted crops and varieties and enhance r...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Clancy, E.
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Diulgheroff, S.
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Furman, B
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González Santos, R.
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Kajtna, B.
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Marino, M.
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Mushita, A.
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Shrestha, P.
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Song, Y.
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Egon Sosinski, E.
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Subedi, A.
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Villacorta, J.
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[Joining forces to strengthen community seedbanks worldwide]
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Joining forces to strengthen community seedbanks worldwide
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 Policy Brief is a result of a series of national and regional stakeholder consultations and a policy write shop on the establishment and maintenance of Open Source Seed Systems that ensure inclusivity of farmers and enhance freedom to develop, access, and use plant genetic materials. The bri...
Otieno, G.
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Westphal, I.
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[Building resilience through “Open Source Seed Systems” for climate change adaptation in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania: What are the options for policy?]
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Building resilience through “Open Source Seed Systems” for climate change adaptation in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania: What are the options for policy?
Vernooy, Ronnie
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[South Africa implements a national strategy to support community seed banks]
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South Africa implements a national strategy to support community seed banks
This brief summarizes the progress made in establishing and supporting a national network of community seedbanks in South Africa in the period 2016-2019. Three community seedbanks are up and running. Some exchanges of seeds and knowledge have taken place within the country and with neighboring Zi...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Matelele, L.A.
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Sema, R.P.
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Mokoena, M.L.
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Maluleke, N.L.
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Tjikana T.T.
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Phora, G.
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Dibiloane, A.
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[Green shoots. Community seedbanking in South Africa: endeavours and outcomes 2016-2019]
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Green shoots. Community seedbanking in South Africa: endeavours and outcomes 2016-2019