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.
Guide pratique (Manuel 1) sur la création, la gestion, la gouvernance et les opérations techniques des banques de semences communautaires en Europe, produit dans le cadre du projet DYNAVERSITY.
Practical manual on establishing, managing and governing Community Seed Banks, covering seed quality, storage, multiplication, distribution, finance, outreach and governance (DYNAVERSITY / ECLLD).
Guide pratique pour concevoir et gérer des systèmes de documentation (formulaires, descripteurs, bases de données, échanges) destinés aux banques de semences communautaires.
Practical manual on designing and managing documentation systems for Community Seed Banks, covering descriptors, forms, databases, data sharing, software, procedures and a Pro Specie Rara case study.
Manuel 3 (DYNAVERSITY) sur l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage des avantages pour banques de semences communautaires, couvrant CDB, Nagoya, TIRPAA, cadre européen, scénarios pratiques et outils (ATTM/SMTA).
Manuale che spiega il quadro internazionale e europeo su accesso al germoplasma e condivisione dei benefici, con scenari pratici e indicazioni per Case delle Sementi in Europa.
Final report of the 11th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum (Budapest, 2022) documenting workshops, outcomes and resources on seeds, agrobiodiversity, EU seed policy, patents, participatory breeding and community seed systems.
Final report of the 12th LLD Forum (Oct 2023, Dublin) summarising workshops, policy debates (EU seed marketing reform, new GMOs), Farmers’ Rights, community seed initiatives, breeding and seed quality sessions.
Final report of the 2024 International Farmers’ Seed Meetings (Antibes) documenting programme, participants, workshops, international exchanges and outcomes to support farmers’ seeds and cultivated biodiversity.
Final report of the 14th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum (4–6 Sep 2025, Luxembourg): 123 participants discussed EU seed law reform, UNDROP, patents, NGTs, participatory breeding, seed health, community seed networks and next steps for advocacy and practice.
Summary of FAO/Bioversity events (July 2018) on community seedbanks: roles, country examples, lessons and recommendations for legal recognition, technical support, networking and seed-quality improvements.
Practical manual for creating and running community seed libraries, based on Semínkovna’s 2015–2024 experience; covers setup, management, outreach, education, Czech legal notes and pilot projects.
Practical methodology (2015–2024) by Klára Hrdá for creating and managing seed libraries (Semínkovna): seed production, packaging, community mobilisation, Czech legal points, Seed Patron pilot and Czech–Moldovan project.
Final report of the 15th Let’s Liberate Diversity! Forum (May 2026, Scandicci) summarising workshops on EU seed law reform, NGTs, patents, seed systems, community seed initiatives, Living Labs and festival activities.
Final report of the European Grain Festival 2026 (5th Let’s Cultivate Diversity! Forum), organised by Landsorten at Kalø Organic Agricultural School, Denmark.
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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.
