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1086) Seeds and Farmers’ Rights: how international regulations affect farmer seeds
This dossier aims to shed some light on the questions of how international regulations affect farmer seeds, on what the threats to farmers’ rights over their seeds are and what are the foundation of food sovereignty? The analysis focuses principally on the situation in the European Union, but most...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa; Europe
Publication year: 2011
1087) Support for the Informal Seed Sector in Development Cooperation - Conceptual Issues -
This paper aims to identify the conceptual and strategic background for support to the informal seed sector within the framework of sustainable seed supply systems and development co-operation. It concentrates on the informal seed sector and its complementarity and interface with the formal sector, since...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2000
1088) The Relationship Between National Plant Genetic Resources Programmes and Practitioners Promoting On-Farm Management: Results from a Global Survey
A global survey was conducted among a wide range of stakeholders to gain insight into the state of on-farm management (OFM) as a strategy for enhancing the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA). The results show that OFM is not considered a priority...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2013
1089) Farmers in Kenya Saved from Post-Harvest Losses, Low Prices by New Warehouse Receipt System
By storing 10 metric tons of maize in a government-run warehouse and selling it in six months when the prices had improved, members of the Mwihoko Farmers Self Help Group in Kenya’s Nakuru increased their income from $2,100 to $2,410, an 11% increase. The Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) was launched...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
1090) Seeds for Change: Community Seed Banks in Nepal
The main objectives of establishing community seed banks are to halt the rapid erosion of local varieties and their on-farm management, improving local livelihoods and resilience through providing easy access to quality seeds of diverse crops and varieties at the local level and realizing farmers' rights...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2017