Practical manual on establishing, managing and governing Community Seed Banks, covering seed quality, storage, multiplication, distribution, finance, outreach and governance (DYNAVERSITY / ECLLD).
on-farm conservation
ECPGR Concept for on-farm conservation and management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
ECPGR (2017) concept proposing a European strategy for on-farm conservation of PGRFA, with five priorities: inventory, indicators, good practices, agro-diversity sites, and legal/technical solutions.
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.
