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.
Seed quality
Casa delle Sementi: Costituzione, gestione e governance (Manuale 1)
Practical manual on establishing, managing and governing Community Seed Banks, covering seed quality, storage, multiplication, distribution, finance, outreach and governance (DYNAVERSITY / ECLLD).
Banques de semences communautaires: Création, gestion et gouvernance (Manuel 1)
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.
Don’t waste your effort: how to ensure good quality of your seeds – CSB Lab Workshop 2 (video)
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Workshop recording with practical guidance on harvesting, drying, cleaning, storing and testing seeds for community seed banks and seed savers.
Community Seed Banks in Practice – CSB Lab Workshop 1 (video)
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.
Promising Strategies to Enhance the Sustainability of Community Seed Banks
Analysis of sustainability challenges for community seed banks (India, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, Uganda) and five strategies to enhance viability: value addition, nature-positive agriculture, genebank partnerships, networking/digitalization, and low-cost seed-quality tech.
Don’t waste your effort! How to ensure a good quality of your seeds
Community Seed Bank Labs – Workshop funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ project Seeds of Growth (Project ID: KA210-ADU-1727BE52)
Practical workshop on on‑farm vegetable seed quality: harvesting, drying, cleaning, testing and storage, with tips on equipment, humidity control, labelling and seed‑stock management.
NOW ONLINE: Liveseeding Practical Guide Seed Drying & Storage
The Practical Guide for drying and storing vegetable seeds in organic small-scale and on-farm seed production is now available online in French and English.
Hot Water Treatments to Sanitize Vegetable Seeds
Liveseeding hosted a 3h webinar entitled "Hot Water Treatments to Sanitize Vegetable Seeds" on Tuesday, March 26th, co-organised by Bingenheimer Saatgut AG (DE), the French Organic Food and Farming Institute (ITAB, FR) and the European Coordination Let's Liberate...
