Bioversity International - Seeds for Needs

The Seeds for Needs approach provides an effective and cost-efficient way to improve and diversify smallholder seed systems through better information and access to a portfolio of adapted crops and varieties. In 14 countries across Africa, Asia and Central America, more than 40,000 farmers have become citizen scientists evaluating and selecting varieties, and providing critical feedback on the varieties that best suit their conditions. Existing diversity is deployed to farmers from wherever it is found, whether in gene banks, plant breeding programmes or in their own fields.