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736) Toolbox for Working with Root, Tuber and Banana Seed Systems
A global group of researchers working on root, tuber and banana crops (RTB crops) have developed the RTB Toolbox website: a set of tools to design seed system interventions to ensure that farmers and specialized seed producers are able to produce and/or access quality seed. Across RTB crops, seed systems...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
737) State of Organic Seed (2016)
This Organic Seed Alliance publication reports on the State of Organic Seed project, which has the purpose of measuring progress in increasing the availability, quality, and integrity of organic seed in the USA. The report includes recommendations to guide research, education and policy efforts, and...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2016
738) Born to Eat Wild: An Integrated Conservation Approach to Secure Wild Food Plants for Food Security and Nutrition
Overlooked in national reports and in conservation programs, wild food plants (WFPs) have been a vital component of food and nutrition security for centuries. Recently, several countries have reported on the widespread and regular consumption of WFPs, particularly by rural and indigenous communities...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
739) The UN Declaration on Peasants’ Rights (UNDROP) explained: Video
This is a video explaining The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). It explores the main ideas of UNDROP and explains how peasants can use this Declaration in their struggles for food sovereignty, agroecology, climate justice, agrarian...
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Publication year: 2022
740) Ethiopia’s seed banks and the search for food security
The community seed bank in Chefe Donsa, Ethiopia, collects and preserves the seeds of local crops to ensure farmers have a steady supply of seeds to sow each year. The Chefe Donsa seed bank is just one of 13 established in different climatic areas of the country. The nation’s central seed bank, which...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2014