Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
117-minute Seeds of Growth workshop showing practical operations of seed libraries, community seed banks and distributed seed networks in Czechia, Georgia and Hungary; includes seed quality, swaps, community engagement and policy links.
DYNAversity/URGENCI report mapping CSA practices on cultivated biodiversity (75 responses, 13 countries). Finds mixed use of modern and traditional seeds, limited direct consumer roles, and recommends training, communication and stronger CSA–seed network links.
DYNAVERSITY‘s summary of five key concepts for agrobiodiversity: seeds and varieties, seed networks, conservation (in situ/ex situ), governance (ITPGRFA, farmers’ rights), and diverse agroecological food systems.
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).
Over the past four years, the partners of the European DYNAVERSITY project have analysed and described the networks and actors involved in the dynamic management of agrobiodiversity. The main objective is the consolidation and enlargement of the on-farm network...
We would like to formally invite you to save the date for the Final Conference of the H2020 project DYNAVERSITY (DYNAmic seed networks for managing European diversity), which will take place virtually on Tuesday 20th April 2021, from 09:00...
Preliminary interviews for the study under way – European Commission reaction to French amendment to its national seed laws The consultancy (ICF) that will do the background work for the study requested by Member States to the European Commission on the options to...
Red de Resiembra e Intercambio de variedades locales de cultivo, share the the Annual Report (SPA) It's available also the Caracterización de los bancos de semillas comunitarios en el Estado español done by the RAS within DIVERSIFOOD project.
Over the past three years, peasant seeds and the products derived from them (veggies, flour, bread …) have been more and more attractive for agribusiness actors as an interesting niche market. In France, we choose to use the concept of « commons » not...
