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631) Let's liberate diversity
Presentation for the meeting of Let's Liberate diversity and the Secretariat of the ITPGRFA, held in Rome the 26th March 2019. The main objectives of the organisation are: • The promotion and development of farmers' seeds on farms and gardens • The exchange and dissemination of knowledge and expertise...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2019
632) How are Peruvian indigenous highland communities promoting agrobiodiversity?
Video - Indigenous highland communities in the Peruvian Andes sustain one of the most diverse food systems in the world. Using specially-adapted farming techniques, they conserve some of the world’s most important agrobiodiversity crops that could be key to food security in a warming and more unpredictable...
Subject: Recognition schemes for farmers
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2021
633) Study on Cash Transfers for Seed Security in Humanitarian Settings
This study examines the barriers and opportunities for cash transfers to be used to address seed security in humanitarian situations. Cash, while not a new approach, has gained momentum in recent years, especially with the emergence of the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and humanitarian organizations’...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
634) Getting incentives right? Support mechanisms for effective conservation and use of landraces in Europe and public willingness-to-pay
Policy Brief N°59 - Agricultural biodiversity (or agrobiodiversity) is associated with a range of important but poorly quantified public good ecosystem services, the conservation of which requires public support.This policy brief reports the results of a survey— conducted as part of the EU Horizon...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021
635) Enabling effective maize seed system in low-income countries of West Africa: Insights from Benin
Access to high-quality seeds remains a key constraint to the intensification of crop production in low-income countries. In this study, we analyzed maize seed production and distribution systems in Benin to identify leverage points for effective seed systems, a prerequisite for improving maize production....
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2022