Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Seed Savers of Gumbu

A recently established South African community seedbank is entirely managed by women. Ronnie Vernooy, Genetic Resources Policy Specialist, explains how Bioversity International is supporting farmers to improve traditional seed-saving practices.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectSeed system
PublisherAlliance Bioversity International & CIAT
Publication year2015
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://alliancebioversityciat.org/stories/seed-savers-gumbu
KeywordsBest practices approaches and techniques; Community seed banks; Traditional Knowledge; Women farmers