The Seed Knowledge Hub is an open online repository hosted on the EC-LLD website, developed within Seeds of Growth, an Erasmus+ small-scale partnership in adult education, cofunded by the European Union and coordinated by Semínkovna (Czech Republic) with EC-LLD and SEED Luxembourg as partners.
The Hub brings together guides, technical manuals, case studies and policy materials on seed saving and cultivated diversity. What was included into it was decided on the basis of a capacity gap analysis that reached 868 people across Europe and collected 140 responses from seed savers, community seed bank managers and seed librarians.
The collection now holds over 100 resources and its growing thanks to the contributions of EC-LLD Members and the broader community.
If your organisation has produced materials that others could use, write to info@liberatediversity.org and we will add it. Material in any European language is welcome.
Explore our featured collections below, or use the filters to narrow the Hub by project, language and type of resource (presentations, videos, publications).
Seeds of Growth is an Erasmus+ partnership (September 2025 – December 2026) coordinated by Semínkovna with EC-LLD and SEED Luxembourg, working on community seed banks and seed saving in Europe. Here you will find the Capacity Gap Analysis, the recordings and slides of the Community Seed Bank Labs, and the presentations from the Prague meeting. In English and Czech.
LiveSeeding (2022–2026) is a Horizon Europe project coordinated by FiBL Europe, with 37 partners in 16 countries and a network of 17 Living Labs, to bring diverse organic cultivars to organic farming. This collection gathers its practice abstracts and handbooks, among them seed drying and storage, hot water treatment and organic heterogeneous material.
Since 2005, farmers, seed savers, researchers and activists meet at the Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum. This collection holds the final reports of the recent editions, from Budapest 2022 to Scandicci 2026, and the presentations given in the Scandicci workshops.
Analysis of sustainability challenges for community seed banks (India, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, Uganda) and five strategies to enhance viability: value addition, nature-positive agriculture, genebank partnerships, networking/digitalization, and low-cost seed-quality tech.
Practice abstract with DIY hot water treatment protocols for sanitizing vegetable seeds: materials, step-by-step procedure, species-specific temps/times, caution for heat-sensitive seeds, and project contact/link.
Non-destructive method to assess seed moisture using eRH in an airtight container with a hygrometer; ~30% eRH is optimal, >35% needs more drying. Faster and oil-content independent alternative to oven-drying.
Practice abstract on SeedLinked: a multilingual, GDPR-compliant web and mobile platform for participatory on-farm variety evaluation, with recommendations for trial management, training and user feedback.
Description of the European Router Database: a free central platform letting suppliers manage organic PRM offers across EU national databases, with translations, APIs (12 live), and practical steps to register at www.seeds4organic.eu.
LiveSeeding/FiBL-Europe policy brief (Apr 2024, adj. Sep 2024) on the EU PRM reform: protect OV and OHM, favour adapted DUS/VSCU under organic conditions, avoid mandatory VSCU for vegetables/fruits, ban patents/NGTs, and involve organic stakeholders.
Capacity Gap Analysis for the Seeds of Growth project (140 responses) identifying learning needs for Community Seed Banks: strong practical interest but gaps in CSB governance, funding and legal confidence; recommends blended training and CSB Labs.
Seeds of Growth: Posilování komunitních semenných bank a udržitelného semenaření v Evropě (Erasmus+ KA210-ADU-1727BE52) Česká verze Analýzy kapacitních mezer projektu Seeds of Growth. Analýza mapuje současnou úroveň znalostí, vzdělávací priority a bariéry zapojení mezi semenáři, správci komunitních semenných bank (CSB), semínkovými knihovníky, zemědělci, pedagogy, výzkumníky a dalšími aktéry, kteří se věnují rozmanitosti semen, jejich uchovávání […]
Practical guide to EU seed policy (May 2023): institutions, legal instruments, GMO and plant health rules, biodiversity, intellectual property and seed marketing, aimed at seed savers, NGOs and citizens.
Briefing paper showing how UNDROP strengthens and clarifies Farmers’ Rights under the ITPGRFA, affirms human-rights primacy over conflicting laws, and defines State and UN agency obligations for seed policy and governance.
ARCHE NOAH (May 2025) finds the proposed EU PRM Regulation would impose disproportionate administrative and testing burdens on small seed producers, risking loss of varieties and business closures; calls for exemptions and proportional rules.
Examines how CSA, LSPA and PGS strengthen producer-consumer ties to support on-farm seed production, agroecological practices and cultivated biodiversity, linking seed sovereignty to food sovereignty.
Systematic review of 27 community seed banks in China (2020), expanding the conceptual framework with two new functions, presenting three cases, and giving practical policy recommendations to strengthen seed systems.
Survey and climate-data analysis in Malawi (688 households, 1,600 plots) finds CSBs supply ~1/3 of seeds for participants, are linked to better household food security, show mixed effects on crop yields, and correlate with climate-shock exposure.
Practical manual offering step‑by‑step guidance on establishing, managing and governing community seed banks in Europe, covering technical, organisational and outreach aspects.
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The Seed Knowledge Hub has been developed within the context of the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth: Strengthening Community Seed Banks and Sustainable Seed-Saving Practices in Europe (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Dům zahraniční spolupráce (DZS). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
