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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

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    The Inventory

    This online version of the Inventory presents, for each measure, the title and a brief description with information on implementing organization(s), start year, objectives, core elements, key outcomes, and, if applicable, lessons learned. It thus allows users to quickly identify those examples that may be of interest to them. A hyperlink to the original submission is provided, which includes additional information, such as on the history and context of the presented measure, challenges encountered, or target groups reached. In this way, users can get a more comprehensive idea of the measure in question and the specific context for which it was developed.
     
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    Number of records: 233

    201) Establishing Community Seed Banks managed by Village Agricultural Committees in five villages of Sudan

    Through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) technical cooperation program, the State Ministries of Agriculture and Animal Resources of South, West and Central Darfur, together with local and international NGOs implemented a project aiming to restore and improve food security and livelihoods of vulnerable households in Darfur by enhancing crop production as well as livestock health and productivity; the project started in 2011 and targeted 22,300 households. Community Seed Banks were established in five villages and Village Agricultural Committees were set up and trained to manage the facilities. Thirty five tons of improved groundnut, sorghum and millet foundation seeds were provided to 2000 farmers for multiplication; altogether, 4800 farmers engaged in seed multiplication in all three states. Community Seed Banks facilitated the preservation and dissemination of improved seed varieties at village level in the longer term and improved food and livelihoods security of beneficiaries by increasing their access to quality seeds. Key lessons learned include that farmers benefitted from their enhanced capacities to save and exchange seed among each other.

    Category: 6.Facilitation of farmers’ access to a diversity of PGRFA through community seed banks, seed networks and other measures improving farmers’ choices of a wider diversity of PGRFA.

    Type of measure/practice: Technical; Administrative

    202) Advisory bodies to the national PGR Programme

    The National Programme for Plant Genetic Resources was established in 2000. Since its inception, an Advisory Council has provided guidance on the programme’s strategic development. The Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF) are represented in the Advisory Council together with a broad range of other stakeholders, incl. government agencies, private enterprises, museums, NGOs, and the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen). LRF Horticulture, re-presenting the horticultural industry, has been instrumental in re-introducing heritage cultivars to the domestic market. Their expertise has provided for sound plant nursery production and marketing. Until today ca. 235,000 plants of more than 150 cultivars (ornamentals, fruit trees, roses, vegetatively propagated food plants, etc.) have reached Swedish growers/customers. In addition to the Advisory Council, a number of crop expert committees have been established to support decision-making in the work of the National Genebank for vegetatively propagated horticultural crops. These expert committees are broadly composed, not least by farmers/nurserymen.

    Category: 8.Farmers’ participation in decision-making at local, national and sub-regional, regional and international levels

    Type of measure/practice: Administrative

    203) Kålrotsakademien (The Swede Academy)

    The Swede Academy, with 18 members, was founded in 2015. Its purpose is to promote the cultural-historical and geographical links between the raw material, its properties and their expression in processed food products, dishes and meals, as well as related storytelling. An explicit goal is to spread knowledge about it both inside and outside Sweden's borders. The swede, or ‘rutabaga’, is the most internationally known cultivated plant of Swedish origin. It originated through several spontaneous hybridizations between turnip and cabbage in the 17th century in the then eastern part of the country and has spread out over the world from there. The Academy attaches special importance to the cultural and geographical links of cultivated plants. The fact that the cultural geography contains linguistic dialectal dimensions is of particular value. Through dissemination of knowledge outside Sweden's borders, the Academy promotes Swedish food culture abroad. The Academy wishes to emphasize nuances of shade rather than overlapping great features. Credible stories about food evoke curiosity and create added value. Storytelling creates a strong weave of culture that binds people and phenomena closer together and builds pride from below. This, according to the Academy, is particularly important in an increasingly unidentified and globalized world.

    Category: 4.Catalogues, registries and other forms of documentation of PGRFA and protection of traditional knowledge

    Type of measure/practice: Others

    204) The ‘Golden Pea award’

    The ‘Golden Pea award’ is a recognition of those individuals that - often throughout generations - have contributed to the conservation of plant genetic resources. The award can be given to farmers, gardeners, private persons, and organizations alike. Since the first ‘Golden Pea’ was awarded in 2002, close to 50 caretakers of the green heritage have been lauded. The award is a collaboration between the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, coordinator of the national PGR Programme, and County Administrations that wish to participate. The Golden Pea award helps raise public awareness of PGR issues at the local and regional level.

    Category: 1.Recognition of local and indigenous communities’, farmers’ contributions to conservation and sustainable use of PGRFA, such as awards and recognition of custodian/guardian farmers

    Type of measure/practice: Administrative

    205) ‘Naptek’ ‒ National Programme on Local and Traditional Knowledge Concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity, and ‘Pom’ ‒ Programme for Diversity of Cultivated Plants

    The National Programme on Plant Genetic Resources (‘Pom’), focussing on the conservation and sustainable use of PGR as well as documenting relevant traditional knowledge, started in 2000. This programme is still ongoing, and the volume of publications targeting local and traditional knowledge (LTK) and cultivated plants is extensive. In December 2005, the Swedish government also launched the national programme ‘Naptek’ on local and traditional knowledge (LTK) concerning the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Naptek’s aim was to safeguard relevant traditional knowledge, innovations and practices in relation to article 8(j) of the CBD, adding work on article 10(c). From the start, the Swedish Biodiversity Centre coordinated the Naptek programme in direct collaboration with the Swedish Saami Parliament on issues concerning the Saami traditions. Other relevant tradition holders/stakeholders were also included in the process, e.g. farmers. The programme is now closed, but Naptek’s publication record is extensive; a follow-on programme under the Environmental Protection Agency strictly refers to the Saami community.

    Category: 4.Catalogues, registries and other forms of documentation of PGRFA and protection of traditional knowledge

    Type of measure/practice: Technical