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Here we provide some literature-links on CSBs and links that are useful for daily practice. Furthermore, you can find here the presentations coming from the two workshops on Community Seed Banks in September 2017 in Rome.

JOINING FORCES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY SEEDBANKS WORLDWIDE

Report by Bioversity Intl. in collaboration with the FAO, Crop Trust, and the Intl. Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, on two events highlighting the significance of community seed banks for food and agriculture, including reflections and presentations from:

  • > Eight representatives from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America: ARCHE NOAH (Austria), The Butia Palm Grove Route (Brazil), China Farmer's Seed Network (China), Mali, Nepal, Potato Park (Peru), Mexico, and the Community Technology Development Trust (Zimbabwe).

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COMMUNITY BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT

Report from the workshop held on September 22nd, 2017 at the FAQ HQ in Rome, including:

  • > the concept of Community Biodiversity Management and on the visions of Community Seed Banks
  • > visions and experiences on Community Seed Banks from 8 different countries 
  • > presentations from international organisations
  • > SWOT analysis developed by the participants to the stakeholder workshop as a first attempt to develop a shared vision.
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COMMUNITY SEED BANKS IN EUROPE

Report on a workshop on CSBs in Sept. 2017, including

  • > results of a Survey on Community Seed Banks in Europe
  • > presentations from CSB initiatives 
  • > presentations from international organisations
  • > results of a SWOT analysis on CSBs

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Annex 1: Questionnaire for survey on CSB in Europe
Annex 2 : 18 Presentations of workshop participants

Caracterización de los bancos de semillas comunitarios en el Estado español

Article by María Carrascosa-García, Beate Koller, Juan José Soriano Niebla, Marta González Muñoz.

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COMMUNITY SEED BANKS: SHARING EXPERIENCES FROM NORTH AND SOUTH

Report from a side Event during the 7th session of the Governing Body of the ITPGRFA in Kigali, Rwanda, on 1 November 2017.

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von Webseite communityseednetworks

NEWS from the CSB movement in Canada & USA: New networking and information sharing web-platform of Canadian / US initiatives coming up - to be launched in February 2018! learn more on www.communityseednetwork.org

LES MAISONS DES SEMENCES PAYSANNES
Regards sur la gestion collective de la biodiversite cultivee en France. 

Reseau Semences Paysannes 2014

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GÉRER COLLECTIVEMENT LA BIODIVERSITÉ CULTIVÉE. Collectif d’auteurs. Eduagri Editions, 2015. A book with 224 pages.

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Community Seed Banks: origins, evolution and prospects
Vernooy, R.; Shrestha, P.; Sthapit, B. (eds); Bioversity 2015)

link to Bioversity website with pdf for download

Community seed banks: concept and practice Facilitator handbook
Vernooy, R.; Sthapit, B.; Bessette, G. (Bioversity International 2017)

link to Bioversity website with pdf for download

The Manual of Seed Saving: Harvesting, Storing, and Sowing Techniques for Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits

A seed saving guide for gardeners and farmers