The harvest is in the seed
01 Oct 2020
©Access to Seed Index

Week 7 – Documentary base: publications of the Access to seeds index

Author: Access to Seeds Index Initiative
Topics: seed enterprises, performance, seed sector, private sector

Part of the World Benchmarking Alliance, the Seed Access Index assesses and compares seed companies on their efforts to improve access to quality seeds of improved varieties for smallholder farmers. The index primarily seeks to identify leadership and good practice, providing a database for discussion on where and how the seed industry can step up its efforts.

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22 Sep 2020
Paris Diderot

Week 6 – Research essay: Improving plants and seed systems: consequences for seed diversity

Author: Marie Boucher, Paris 7 Diderot University
Topics: Seeds, agrobiodiversity, terminology, seed systems

This documentary and terminology research commentary provides a base of terms and documents that can help in the presentation and popularization of the issues relating to seed systems and biodiversity in agriculture.

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11 Sep 2020
AGRA ©

Week 5 – Document base: Feed the Future programs initiatives

Authors: USAID, Catholic Relief Services, AGRA, Seed Systems Group
Themes: Early Generation Seeds, market, innovation, policies

USAID’s Feed the Future programs and partners have been striving to create quality seeds of improved crop varieties in order to deliver higher yields to smallholder farmers. Partners include: Catholic Relief Services through USAID support, AGRA, and the Seed Systems Group.

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03 Sep 2020
©CIRAD&INERA

Week 4 – Working paper: “Agriculture and seed regional policies in West Africa: actors and strategic focus”

Author: CIRAD & INERA, 2020
Topics: Legislation / Governance / Harmonisation 

This working paper summarizes the basis of knowledge and information on public policy that regulate the seed sector in the West African. It synthesizes the contributions of several sources of information relating to master’s work, experts’ interviews, consultations’ forums between 2016 and 2020.

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24 Jul 2020
Covid-19 and seeds

Week 3 – Guidelines: “Covid-19 and Seed Security”

Author: seedsystem.org (2020)
Topics: Policy / Planning / Emergency / Covid-19

Covid-19 is bringing new challenges, including to farmers, seed systems, and to seed security response. This brief is part of a set of guidance notes that aim to help humanitarian practitioners think through the possible effects of Covid -19 on farmers’ seed security – and then to offer guidance on possible response options, if needed.

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16 Jul 2020
Resilient Seed Sytems

Week 2 – Guidelines: “Resilient Seed Systems: Shared Action Framework”

Author: Global Alliance for the Future of Food (2019)
Topics: Policy / Research / Partnerships / Governance

The Resilient Seed Systems Shared Action Framework (available in English and Spanish) is a strategic guide for diverse stakeholders to take a holistic, collaborative approach to protecting and enhancing the world’s seed systems and to galvanize the action on agricultural biodiversity.

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