Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands

A seed fair is an activity to create awareness about and appreciate local crop diversity, exchange seed and related knowledge, and celebrate farmers’ efforts to conserve agrobiodiversity. It takes considerable time and effort to organize a seed fair. This brief describes the seed fair organized at t...

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Main Authors: Vernooy, Ronnie, Shrestha, P., Gauchan, D., Bhusal, A., Gurung, R., Pudasaini, N., Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102365
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author Vernooy, Ronnie
Shrestha, P.
Gauchan, D.
Bhusal, A.
Gurung, R.
Pudasaini, N.
Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal
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Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal
Gauchan, D.
Gurung, R.
Pudasaini, N.
Shrestha, P.
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Shrestha, P.
Gauchan, D.
Bhusal, A.
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Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal
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description A seed fair is an activity to create awareness about and appreciate local crop diversity, exchange seed and related knowledge, and celebrate farmers’ efforts to conserve agrobiodiversity. It takes considerable time and effort to organize a seed fair. This brief describes the seed fair organized at the Agyauli Community Seedbank, Nawalparasi in the southern region of Nepal. About 30 members of 10 community seedbanks from the terai (the southern lowland) region of Nepal came together for this. Apart from exchanging seeds of traditional crop varieties, they also shared stories about the socio-cultural, religious, spiritual, nutritional and medicinal values of their varieties. The recent formal registration of the Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal (CSBAN) was also celebrated.
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spelling CGSpace1023652025-11-05T07:16:23Z Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands Vernooy, Ronnie Shrestha, P. Gauchan, D. Bhusal, A. Gurung, R. Pudasaini, N. Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal seed banks seeds farmers fair trade biodiversity A seed fair is an activity to create awareness about and appreciate local crop diversity, exchange seed and related knowledge, and celebrate farmers’ efforts to conserve agrobiodiversity. It takes considerable time and effort to organize a seed fair. This brief describes the seed fair organized at the Agyauli Community Seedbank, Nawalparasi in the southern region of Nepal. About 30 members of 10 community seedbanks from the terai (the southern lowland) region of Nepal came together for this. Apart from exchanging seeds of traditional crop varieties, they also shared stories about the socio-cultural, religious, spiritual, nutritional and medicinal values of their varieties. The recent formal registration of the Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal (CSBAN) was also celebrated. 2019 2019-07-26T14:32:30Z 2019-07-26T14:32:30Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102365 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102366 Open Access application/pdf Vernooy, R.; Shrestha, P.; Gauchan, D.; Bhusal, A.; Gurung, R.; Pudasaini, N.; and members of the Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal (2019) Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy; LI-BIRD, Pokhara, Nepal;Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal 6 p. ISBN: 978-92-9255-131-5
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seeds
farmers
fair trade
biodiversity
Vernooy, Ronnie
Shrestha, P.
Gauchan, D.
Bhusal, A.
Gurung, R.
Pudasaini, N.
Community Seed Banks Association of Nepal
Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands
title Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands
title_full Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands
title_fullStr Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands
title_full_unstemmed Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands
title_short Let us conserve and exchange seeds: celebrating traditional crop diversity of the Nepali lowlands
title_sort let us conserve and exchange seeds celebrating traditional crop diversity of the nepali lowlands
topic seed banks
seeds
farmers
fair trade
biodiversity
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102365
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