DYNAVERSITY policy brief calling for EU policy to support dynamic, networked on-farm management of agrobiodiversity through coordination, funding, participatory breeding and alignment with CAP, Farm to Fork and ITPGRFA.
Gabriele Maneo
9 key-concepts for food diversity
Collective DIVERSIFOOD publication defining nine key concepts to guide embedding crop diversity and multi-actor innovation for resilient, locally adapted high-quality food systems.
Promoting an Enabling Environment for Agrobiodiversity in Europe (Booklet #4)
Policy recommendations from DIVERSIFOOD to embed agrobiodiversity in European seed systems: promote Community Agrobiodiversity Management, support community seed banks, establish national PGRFA platforms, and harmonise seed laws.
Community Seed Banks: sharing experiences from North and South
Report (side event, 1 Nov 2017) summarising global experiences with community seed banks, a DIVERSIFOOD European survey, case studies (Japan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nepal), sustainability factors and Governing Body decisions on Farmers’ Rights.
Community Biodiversity Management: dialogue between representatives of Community Seed Banks and international institutions – report from the workshop held on 22 September 2017 at FAO HQ, Rome
Report of a 22 Sept 2017 FAO workshop (DIVERSIFOOD/Bioversity/ITPGRFA) summarising CSB roles, case studies and a SWOT: CSBs are vital for dynamic conservation, access to local seed and participatory breeding but need policy recognition, funding and capacity.
A guide to participatory experimentation with underutilised genetic resources. Booklet #2
Practical guide (DIVERSIFOOD Booklet #2, 2019) for participatory evaluation, multiplication and on‑farm testing of underutilised genetic resources, covering seed sourcing, phenotypic assessment, performance, quality and trial organisation.
Embedding crop genetic diversity in food value chains
Policy recommendations from the DIVERSIFOOD project to secure legal status for diverse cultivars, align EU/national policies (CAP, organic regulation), valorise biodiverse food chains, raise awareness, and promote multi-actor research.
Embedding crop genetic diversity in food value chains. Policy recommendations from the Horizon 2020 Project DIVERSIFOOD. Booklet #5
Policy recommendations from the DIVERSIFOOD project to embed crop genetic diversity in food value chains, covering legal status of heterogeneous cultivars, CAP coherence, value chains, awareness and multi-actor research.
DIVERSIFOOD Report: Community Seed Banks in Europe
Report of a DIVERSIFOOD survey and Rome workshop (Sept 2017) mapping 84 European community seed banks: their diversity, activities (conservation, seed exchange, training, PPB), challenges (funding, capacity, regulation) and strategies (networking, advocacy).
Methods and tools for decentralized on-farm breeding
Technical booklet describing experimental designs, statistical methods and the PPBstats R tools for decentralized on‑farm breeding and participatory plant breeding.
