A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal
Community seed bank (CSB) is one of the approaches successfully applied in Nepal and globally for conservation and use of local crop diversity for food and agriculture. However, there are only a few success examples of CSBs in high mountain areas of Nepal, particularly focusing on traditional underu...
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| author | Bhandari, B. Pudasaini, N. Gurung, R. Gauchan, D. Shrestha, P. Ghimire, G.H. Joshi, B.K. |
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| description | Community seed bank (CSB) is one of the approaches successfully applied in Nepal and globally for conservation and use of local crop diversity for food and agriculture. However, there are only a few success examples of CSBs in high mountain areas of Nepal, particularly focusing on traditional underutilized crops. This chapter aims to present the modality and experiences of implementing community seed banks in mountain districts, namely, Humla, Jumla, Lamjung and Dolakha, by the UNEP GEF Local Crop Project (LCP) jointly implemented by Bioversity International, NAGRC, DoA and LI-BIRD. The project was implemented in 2014 in Nepal for providing diversity rich solutions and mainstreaming
the conservation and use of local agricultural biodiversity in the mountain agricultural production landscapes. The LCP adopted Diversity Field School (DFS) approach to sensitize and mobilize communities about the importance of local crop genetic resources, paving way in realizing the need of CSB and its institutionalization. DFS approach has been found effective to identify and mobilize custodians of agrobiodiversity, promote good practices such as participatory variety selection, grass-roots breeding, food fairs and promote farmer- to-farmer learning and sharing as a part of local capacity building processes. DFS approach has empowered women farmers to take leadership roles in managing community seed banks. The project engaged local governments (Palikas) from the beginning to make them realize the vital need of CSBs, strengthen local seed systems as a mechanism to increase access to quality seeds of traditional and underutilized crop species. It has resulted a positive outcome to develop ownership on institutionalizing CSB in local agriculture development plans and providing significant amount of financial resources and material support to establish and sustain CSBs in LCP sites. In remote high mountain areas, where seed business opportunity is limited; engagement of and ownership of local government is crucial to sustain CSBs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace995002025-11-05T07:18:39Z A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal Bhandari, B. Pudasaini, N. Gurung, R. Gauchan, D. Shrestha, P. Ghimire, G.H. Joshi, B.K. community seed bank conservation diversity uses agrobiodiversity schools Community seed bank (CSB) is one of the approaches successfully applied in Nepal and globally for conservation and use of local crop diversity for food and agriculture. However, there are only a few success examples of CSBs in high mountain areas of Nepal, particularly focusing on traditional underutilized crops. This chapter aims to present the modality and experiences of implementing community seed banks in mountain districts, namely, Humla, Jumla, Lamjung and Dolakha, by the UNEP GEF Local Crop Project (LCP) jointly implemented by Bioversity International, NAGRC, DoA and LI-BIRD. The project was implemented in 2014 in Nepal for providing diversity rich solutions and mainstreaming the conservation and use of local agricultural biodiversity in the mountain agricultural production landscapes. The LCP adopted Diversity Field School (DFS) approach to sensitize and mobilize communities about the importance of local crop genetic resources, paving way in realizing the need of CSB and its institutionalization. DFS approach has been found effective to identify and mobilize custodians of agrobiodiversity, promote good practices such as participatory variety selection, grass-roots breeding, food fairs and promote farmer- to-farmer learning and sharing as a part of local capacity building processes. DFS approach has empowered women farmers to take leadership roles in managing community seed banks. The project engaged local governments (Palikas) from the beginning to make them realize the vital need of CSBs, strengthen local seed systems as a mechanism to increase access to quality seeds of traditional and underutilized crop species. It has resulted a positive outcome to develop ownership on institutionalizing CSB in local agriculture development plans and providing significant amount of financial resources and material support to establish and sustain CSBs in LCP sites. In remote high mountain areas, where seed business opportunity is limited; engagement of and ownership of local government is crucial to sustain CSBs. 2018 2019-02-19T14:37:14Z 2019-02-19T14:37:14Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99500 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99141 Open Access application/pdf Bhandari, B.; Pudasaini, N.; Gurung, R.; Gauchan, D.; Shrestha, P.; Ghimire, G.H.; Joshi, B.K. (2018). A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal. In: Joshi, B.K.; Shrestha, P.; Gauchan, D.; Vernooy, R. (eds.) (2018). Community seed banks in Nepal. 2nd National Workshop Proceedings, 3-5 May 2018, Kathmandu. Kathmandu (Nepal): NAGRC, LI-BIRD and Bioversity International p. 68-82. ISBN: 978-9937-0-5413-3 |
| spellingShingle | community seed bank conservation diversity uses agrobiodiversity schools Bhandari, B. Pudasaini, N. Gurung, R. Gauchan, D. Shrestha, P. Ghimire, G.H. Joshi, B.K. A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal |
| title | A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal |
| title_full | A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal |
| title_fullStr | A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal |
| title_short | A novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of Nepal |
| title_sort | novel approach for implementing community seed banks in the mountain area of nepal |
| topic | community seed bank conservation diversity uses agrobiodiversity schools |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99500 |
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