Presentation by Llavors d’Ací on conserving and sharing traditional seeds in the Valencian Community through seed banks, exchanges, training and resources; includes post-2024 flood recovery guidance.
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Текущая ситуация по формированию семеноводства основанное на сообщество в Таджикистане
Presentation on community-based seed systems in Tajikistan: history, threats from hybrid imports, and proposals to establish community seed banks, promote farmer seed custodians (especially women), training and exchange activities.
On-farm agrobiodiversity in the Balkan region: from preservation to plant population development
Presentation describing Oct 2025–May 2026 activities to preserve Balkan agrobiodiversity: exhibitions, seed exchanges, a national plant genetic resources network, and trainings to establish local seed banks.
Semínka v našich rukou: Metodologie semínkových knihoven
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.
Caracterización de los bancos de semillas comunitarios en el Estado español
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.
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).
Protocol for Collaboration between the National Genebank and Community Seed Banks
A June 2021 protocol defining roles, principles and practical rules to guide collaboration between national genebanks and community seed banks, covering capacity building, seed exchange, Prior Informed Consent and joint activities.
Biological Farming Association Elkana Community Seed Bank and Seed Library – Elkana’s Experience, Georgia.
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Elkana presents its Seed Ark farm, Community Seed Bank and Seed Libraries in Georgia, detailing seed multiplication, annual renewal and farmer seed‑share practices to conserve landraces and support agrobiodiversity, livelihoods and local seed systems.
Community Seed Banks in Practice: Origins, Purpose and Community Biodiversity Management
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Overview of Community Seed Banks: origins, core functions, activities, differences with seed libraries, and the Seeds of Growth aim to strengthen seed-saving and CSBs across Europe.
Reclaim the seeds NL
The Agroecolologie Netwerk has organised a series of events comprising workshops, political discussions and seed exchange in Belgium and the Netherlands. These events fall under the banner of the European wide campaign in favour of agrobiodiversity protesting against...
