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696) State of Organic Seed (2022)
State of Organic Seed (SOS) is an ongoing project to monitor organic seed systems in the United States. Every five years, Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) releases this progress report and action plan for increasing the organic seed supply while fostering seed grower networks and policies that aim to decentralize...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2022
697) A Review of Participatory Plant Breeding and Lessons for African Seed and Food Sovereignty Movements
There is growing awareness of the unique and important role smallholder farmers around the world play in conserving, using and enhancing biodiversity. Conventional breeding has created a separation between farmers and specialised breeders. Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is a field of action developed...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2018
698) Resilience in Agriculture through Crop Diversification: Adaptive Management for Environmental Change
Recognition that climate change could have negative consequences for agricultural production has generated a desire to build resilience into agricultural systems. One rational and cost-effective method may be the implementation of increased agricultural crop diversification. Crop diversification can...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2011
699) Seed bank design: seed drying rooms
The effective drying of orthodox seeds prior to cold storage is the key to successful seed banking. Drying prolongs storage life, allows seeds to tolerate extreme temperatures, prevents germination, and reduces attacks by predators and pathogens. For long-term conservation, the aim is to reduce seed...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2014
700) Attaining food sovereignty by building access to local seeds
Nandurbar is a tribal-dominated district in Maharashtra. The area, especially Dhadgaon and Akkalkuwa blocks in Satpuda hill ranges, are predominantly tribal and hilly. The Bhill and Pawara are the major tribes in the block. Most of these tribal communities are poor agriculturists with small and marginal...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2017