Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks

A set of factsheets about our Seeds for Needs Initiative in Ethiopia. Bioversity International's 'Seeds for Needs' initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. The concept is simple – if farmers have better info...

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Main Author: Bioversity International
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68743
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description A set of factsheets about our Seeds for Needs Initiative in Ethiopia. Bioversity International's 'Seeds for Needs' initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. The concept is simple – if farmers have better information and access to a wide range of varieties, they are more able to choose what best suits their conditions and cope with unpredictable weather. Seeds for Needs is trying to encourage this by exposing farmers to more crop varieties and increase their first-hand knowledge about different traits and options available and strengthening their seed systems and seed-saving capacity so that they always have access to planting material that fits their changing needs. This factsheet is part of a series of 6
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spelling CGSpace687432025-11-05T08:25:43Z Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks Bioversity International seeds farmers hard wheat varieties climate change crops participatory approaches gene banks A set of factsheets about our Seeds for Needs Initiative in Ethiopia. Bioversity International's 'Seeds for Needs' initiative works with farmers to research how agricultural biodiversity can help minimize the risks associated with climate change. The concept is simple – if farmers have better information and access to a wide range of varieties, they are more able to choose what best suits their conditions and cope with unpredictable weather. Seeds for Needs is trying to encourage this by exposing farmers to more crop varieties and increase their first-hand knowledge about different traits and options available and strengthening their seed systems and seed-saving capacity so that they always have access to planting material that fits their changing needs. This factsheet is part of a series of 6 2015 2015-10-29T09:29:54Z 2015-10-29T09:29:54Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68743 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International Bioversity International (2015) Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks. Factsheet 3. Bioversity International 2 p.
spellingShingle seeds
farmers
hard wheat
varieties
climate change
crops
participatory approaches
gene banks
Bioversity International
Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks
title Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks
title_full Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks
title_fullStr Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks
title_short Strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks
title_sort strengthening the informal seed system through community seedbanks
topic seeds
farmers
hard wheat
varieties
climate change
crops
participatory approaches
gene banks
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