Author: FAO; 2015
Keywords: policy; governance; plant genetic resources
These guidelines shall assist countries to implement the Second GPA in harmony with other relevant national and international commitments.
Authors: AFD, Terre solidaire, PAGEN; 2020
Keywords: Burkina Faso; integrated seed system; governance
In Africa in general and in West Africa in particular, there are two main seed systems that coexist: the formal system and the informal system.
Author: African Union Commission; 2021
Key words: governance; access to seeds; seed regulations
Seed sector development has been on the agenda of Heads of State and Government since 2005. READ MORE
Author: Geoff Tansey
Topics: seed system development; governance
This talk discusses briefly the changing global rules on biodiversity, plant genetic resources and intellectual property and their impact on the future control of food.
Click on the following link to access the content: http://www.foodsystemsacademy.org.uk/videos/geoff-tansey2.html
Authors: Yoshiaki Nishikawa and Michel Pimbert (Eds)
Themes: Seed systems; resilience; governance
Contributes to a more nuanced debate around seed system resilience.
Goes beyond the dominant dichotomous conceptualization of seed governance.
Authors: Wafaa El Khoury, Robert Delve, Internation Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), 2018
Topics: Farmers seed systems, Partnership, Governance, lessons learnt
This toolbox was developed by IFAD. It contains three documents described below:
Authors: Yenizie Kone, Melinda Smale, Bokary Timbo; IER, Michigan State University, USAID
Topics: quality seeds, smallholder farmers, research, Mali, innovation, governance
This study is the result of a workshop on the identification of indicators of access by smallholder farmers to improved seeds. A total of 34 seed actors, including 4 women, participated in this workshop. The various participants and seed system experts were representatives from the government, research, seed companies, NGOs and farmers’ organizations.
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Topics: seed sector, governance, policy
This guide explains what seed policies are and how they differ from seed laws; describes the participatory process of seed policy formulation; the nature and layout of seed policy documents; key elements contained in seed policies; and addresses issues involved in their implementation.
Author: International Crop Research Institute for the Arid Tropics
Topics: seed sector, governance, research
ICRISAT aims at building, with partners across crop value chains, inclusive and sustainable seed systems that provide dryland small farmers with sufficient quantity of high quality seeds, at the right time and right place, at reasonable costs.
In this webpage, you will find useful models and lessons learnt on the seed dilemma: How to reach smallholder farmers. Available in English.
After three years of dedicated service, the term of Mr Patrick Ngwediagi asREAD MORE
