The Seed Knowledge Hub was built to keep the answers in one place. It is an open online repository hosted on the EC-LLD website, developed within Seeds ofGrowth, an Erasmus+ small-scale partnership in adult education (KA210), coordinated bySemínkovna (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 80 resources and its growing thanks to the contributions of EC-LLD Members and the broader community. In the Seed Knowledge Hub you can also find the material from the LLD forums. The Hub grows with what the community puts into it. If your organisation has produced a guide, a manual, a template, a study or a policy briefing that others could use, write to info@liberatediversity.org and we will add it. Material in any European language is welcome.
Folleto DIVERSIFOOD (2019) con 10 enfoques prácticos para incorporar la diversidad en sistemas alimentarios: evaluación de cultivos infrautilizados, PPB, bancos comunitarios de semillas, valorización, multi-actor y gobernanza.
DIVERSIFOOD Booklet #6 (Jan 2019): zehn praxisorientierte Ansätze zur Einbettung pflanzlicher Vielfalt in Ernährungssysteme – On‑Farm‑Bewertung, partizipative Züchtung, Gemeinschaftssaatgutbanken, Multi‑Akteur‑Methoden, Vermarktung und Bauernrechte.
Booklet presenting ten approaches to embed agrobiodiversity from field to plate: underutilised crops, on-farm evaluation, participatory breeding, community seed banks, valorisation and policy implications.
Practical guidance from DIVERSIFOOD on valorising biodiverse food: multi‑actor networks, marketing, seed availability, communication, pricing, trust and an evaluation matrix for product development.
Survey-based 2018 report mapping 30 Spanish community seed banks: profiles, activities, governance and challenges. Finds volunteer-driven conservation and exchange of local varieties, limited resources and need for institutional support.
Proceedings of the Diversifood EU stakeholder forum (11 April 2018, Brussels) on cultivated biodiversity, participatory breeding, heterogeneous material, seed policy and recommendations for FP9 and CAP.
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.
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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)
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