Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges

This brief reviews recent initiatives to establish community seedbanks in Somaliland, South Sudan and Sudan, located in the Horn of Africa, which have paid special attention to the insecure and instable social, economic and political circumstances that affect seed and food security. Effectively func...

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Main Authors: Vernooy, Ronnie, Gupta, Arnab, Subedi, Abishkar, Ali Awed, Deeka, Hassan Abdi, Aidid, Saleban Jam, Mohamed, Eldie, Yahia, Jubarah, Salah, Kamilo, Solomon Swaka
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131503
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author Vernooy, Ronnie
Gupta, Arnab
Subedi, Abishkar
Ali Awed, Deeka
Hassan Abdi, Aidid
Saleban Jam, Mohamed
Eldie, Yahia
Jubarah, Salah
Kamilo, Solomon Swaka
author_browse Ali Awed, Deeka
Eldie, Yahia
Gupta, Arnab
Hassan Abdi, Aidid
Jubarah, Salah
Kamilo, Solomon Swaka
Saleban Jam, Mohamed
Subedi, Abishkar
Vernooy, Ronnie
author_facet Vernooy, Ronnie
Gupta, Arnab
Subedi, Abishkar
Ali Awed, Deeka
Hassan Abdi, Aidid
Saleban Jam, Mohamed
Eldie, Yahia
Jubarah, Salah
Kamilo, Solomon Swaka
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description This brief reviews recent initiatives to establish community seedbanks in Somaliland, South Sudan and Sudan, located in the Horn of Africa, which have paid special attention to the insecure and instable social, economic and political circumstances that affect seed and food security. Effectively functioning community seedbanks can contribute to seed security, even in a protracted crisis situation, but careful consideration should be given to community seedbank site selection, membership and decision-making, and infrastructure and equipment. Decisions about these three elements need to consider the social security situation, minimizing or avoiding the risk of people, storage facility, equipment and seeds becoming the trigger of insecurity and/or conflict.
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spelling CGSpace1315032025-11-05T12:45:59Z Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges Vernooy, Ronnie Gupta, Arnab Subedi, Abishkar Ali Awed, Deeka Hassan Abdi, Aidid Saleban Jam, Mohamed Eldie, Yahia Jubarah, Salah Kamilo, Solomon Swaka seed systems conservation agriculture generic advertising access and benefit-sharing-access and benefit sharing small and medium enterprises This brief reviews recent initiatives to establish community seedbanks in Somaliland, South Sudan and Sudan, located in the Horn of Africa, which have paid special attention to the insecure and instable social, economic and political circumstances that affect seed and food security. Effectively functioning community seedbanks can contribute to seed security, even in a protracted crisis situation, but careful consideration should be given to community seedbank site selection, membership and decision-making, and infrastructure and equipment. Decisions about these three elements need to consider the social security situation, minimizing or avoiding the risk of people, storage facility, equipment and seeds becoming the trigger of insecurity and/or conflict. 2023-07 2023-08-08T11:50:13Z 2023-08-08T11:50:13Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131503 en Open Access application/pdf Vernooy, R., Gupta, A., Subedi, A., Ali Awed, D., Hassan Abdi, A., Saleban Jama, M., Eldie, Y., Jubarah, S., Kamilo, S.S. (2023) Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges. Policy Brief n. 85. Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen, the Netherlands; Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. ISBN: 978-92-9255-289-3.10 p.
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conservation agriculture
generic advertising
access and benefit-sharing-access and benefit sharing
small and medium enterprises
Vernooy, Ronnie
Gupta, Arnab
Subedi, Abishkar
Ali Awed, Deeka
Hassan Abdi, Aidid
Saleban Jam, Mohamed
Eldie, Yahia
Jubarah, Salah
Kamilo, Solomon Swaka
Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges
title Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges
title_full Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges
title_fullStr Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges
title_short Community seedbanks in protracted crisis situations: potential and challenges
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topic seed systems
conservation agriculture
generic advertising
access and benefit-sharing-access and benefit sharing
small and medium enterprises
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131503
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