Resources Tagged: Seed Systems

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  1. Strengthening Informal Indigenous Seed Systems in Southeast Asia

    Included in this report is the documentation of indigenous annual and perennial vegetable crops, seed germination and vigor, and seed pathways and "germplasm gatekeeper". Additional objectives include facilitation of the exchange, preservation and dissemination of important genetic resources...
    Seed Systems

  2. Strengthening Informal Seed Systems to Enhance Food Security in Southeast Asia

    Abstract, 2013, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development -- Gill, T. B., Bates, R., Bicksler, A., Burnette, R., Ricciardi, V., & Yoder, L. (2013). Strengthening informal seed systems to enhance food security in Southeast Asia.J. Agric., Food Syst., Commun. Dev,3,...
    Appropriate Techno... Biodiversity Cambodia Thailand Food Security Seed Systems

  3. Designing Strategies and Systems to Identify, Preserve, and Promote Underutilized Indigenous Crop Species

    Acta Horticulturae Bates, R., Gill, T., Bicksler, A., Meitzner Yoder, L., Burnette, R., & Ricciardi, V. (2011, June)Designing strategies and systems to identify, preserve and promote underutilized indigenous crop species. In II International Symposium on Underutilized Plant Species: Crops for...
    Seed Bank Germplasm Seed Systems Perennial Vegetables

  4. Comparison of Appropriate Tropical Seed Storage Techniques for Germplasm Conservation in Mountainous Sub-Tropical Climates with Resource Constraints

    Experimental Agriculture Croft, M., Bicksler, A., Manson, J., & Burnette, R. (2013). COMPARISON OF APPROPRIATE TROPICAL SEED STORAGE TECHNIQUES FOR GERMPLASM CONSERVATION IN MOUNTAINOUS SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATES WITH RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. Experimental Agriculture, 49(02), 279-294. Summary...
    Seed Bank Seed Systems Vacuum Sealing

  5. Poster - Methodologies for Strengthening Informal Indigenous Vegetable Seed Systems in Northern Thailand and Cambodia

    2017-01-20
    Seed Systems

  6. Restoring farmers' seed systems in disaster situations: proceedings of the International Workshop on Developing Institutional Agreements and Capacity to Assist Farmers in Disaster Situations to Restore Agricultural Systems and Seed Security Activities...

    The purpose of this workshop was to develop strategies and mechanisms that would strengthen seed security in developing countries and regions in disaster-prone areas, thereby enabling a rapid and effective restoration of farmer seed systems to restore domestic food security following disaster.
    Seed Systems Agricultural systems

  7. Farmers' Rights to Seed - Guatemala - Video

    Access Agriculture Video We farmers, men and women, have the right to sell our seeds, and to conserve and exchange them. If they would forbid us from marketing or selling our potato seed, this would simply end our lives, because that is what we depend on. Available languages Arabic Bambara Bemba...
    Biodiversity Conse... AccessAgriculture Seed Saving Seed Fair Seed Systems Seed Exchange Latin America and ...

  8. Seed Saving: Steps & Technologies

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    2010-06-01 Seeds naturally have a place in almost any endeavor having to do with agricultural development. Seeds of most food plants are small and, as such, are more easily transported and can be shipped longer distances than vegetative cuttings. For the farmer, seeds represent the promise of a continued...
    Seed Saving Seeds Seed Seed Selection Seed Germination Seed Production Seed Drying Seed Systems Seed Storage

  9. Seed Fairs: Fostering Local Seed Exchange to Support Regional Biodiversity

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    2014-06-01 When you come across an especially promising local variety of a crop grown in your area, how can you enable other farmers to try out this variety? If a farmer gives you 30 seeds of an exceptional variety, how might you go about distributing these? How does seed flow happen in and among...
    Seed industry and ... Seed Systems Seed Exchange Seed Fair Biodiversity

  10. SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary) Plant Health Distance Learning Modules

    Does unsafe food threaten public health in your country? Is the food you eat at risk of contamination? Or, perhaps, has your shipment of agricultural goods been held at the port of entry because of a potential cargo pest infestation? The sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) plant health distance...
    Plant Health Phytosanitary Seed Systems