Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement
In South Africa, as elsewhere, the community systems that have maintained agrobiodiversity are increasingly coming under pressure from factors such as drought, crop failure and difficult storage conditions. As a result, the quantity of seed and number of plant varieties available to farmers for plan...
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| author | Tjikana, Thabo T. Malueke, N. Mokoena, M. Vernooy, Ronnie Sthapit, B.R. |
| author_browse | Malueke, N. Mokoena, M. Sthapit, B.R. Tjikana, Thabo T. Vernooy, Ronnie |
| author_facet | Tjikana, Thabo T. Malueke, N. Mokoena, M. Vernooy, Ronnie Sthapit, B.R. |
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| description | In South Africa, as elsewhere, the community systems that have maintained agrobiodiversity are increasingly coming under pressure from factors such as drought, crop failure and difficult storage conditions. As a result, the quantity of seed and number of plant varieties available to farmers for planting becomes negatively affected. With agricultural modernization, farmers are increasingly purchasing more of their seed requirements rendering local seed conservation less important. As commercial varieties replace older local varieties, the older varieties become increasingly unavailable in many communities. The Directorate Genetic Resources of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Bioversity International, and the Departments of Agriculture in Limpopo and Eastern Cape Provinces are working together to set up pilot community seed banks in Mutale and Joe Gcabi Municipalities respectively to guide the development of a national plan aimed to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss. |
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| spelling | CGSpace791792023-02-15T00:59:07Z Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement Tjikana, Thabo T. Malueke, N. Mokoena, M. Vernooy, Ronnie Sthapit, B.R. community seed bank national planning biodiversity conservation policies In South Africa, as elsewhere, the community systems that have maintained agrobiodiversity are increasingly coming under pressure from factors such as drought, crop failure and difficult storage conditions. As a result, the quantity of seed and number of plant varieties available to farmers for planting becomes negatively affected. With agricultural modernization, farmers are increasingly purchasing more of their seed requirements rendering local seed conservation less important. As commercial varieties replace older local varieties, the older varieties become increasingly unavailable in many communities. The Directorate Genetic Resources of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Bioversity International, and the Departments of Agriculture in Limpopo and Eastern Cape Provinces are working together to set up pilot community seed banks in Mutale and Joe Gcabi Municipalities respectively to guide the development of a national plan aimed to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss. 2016 2017-01-20T10:55:17Z 2017-01-20T10:55:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79179 en Open Access GRAIN SA Tjikana, T.; Malueke, N.; Mokoena, M.; Vernooy, R.; Sthapit, B. (2016) Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement. GRAIN SA, 1 p. |
| spellingShingle | community seed bank national planning biodiversity conservation policies Tjikana, Thabo T. Malueke, N. Mokoena, M. Vernooy, Ronnie Sthapit, B.R. Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement |
| title | Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement |
| title_full | Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement |
| title_fullStr | Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement |
| title_short | Community seed banks: farmers' platform for crop conservation and improvement |
| title_sort | community seed banks farmers platform for crop conservation and improvement |
| topic | community seed bank national planning biodiversity conservation policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79179 |
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