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1006) Community Seed Production: Workshop Proceedings
The civil society – independent of the private sector and government – plays a unique role in promoting and advocating Community Seed Production (CSP) for smallholder farmers. Oftentimes, farmer groups, farmer associations and other community-based institutions provide support to seed related activities...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global; Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Asia
Publication year: 2013
1007) Permaculture training brings diversity to Eswatini’s smallholder food systems
Permaculture is a regenerative farming practice that creates food-producing gardens that are also self-maintained habitats. By modelling agricultural plots after natural ecosystems, it is possible to get more out of the land with less inputs. Permaculture is a process that works with, rather than against,...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
1008) Cleaning seed collections for long-term conservation
Seeds are cleaned to decrease bulk, reduce disease risk, and facilitate future use. Cleaning long-term conservation collections without causing physical damage and reducing seed viability requires care and expertise. This information sheet outlines the seed cleaning techniques used most frequently by...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2014
1009) Local food crop production can fulfil demand for less than one-third of the population
The distance between the origin and end-point of food supply chains, and the ‘localness’ of food systems, are key considerations of many narratives associated with sustainability. Yet, information on the minimum distance to food crops is still scarce at the global level. Using an optimization model...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1010) Data-driven approaches can harness crop diversity to address heterogeneous needs for breeding products
This perspective describes the opportunities and challenges of data-driven approaches for crop diversity management (genebanks and breeding) in the context of agricultural research for sustainable development in the Global South. Data-driven approaches build on larger volumes of data and flexible analyses...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023