The multiple contributions of community seed banks to food security
Community seed banks are farmer-managed organizations that conserve and sustainably manage local crop and tree diversity. Since the late 1990s, the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT has established and/or supported community seed banks financially and technically in 30 countries of the global south. Community seed banks, in which women often play key roles as seed custodians, managers, and entrepreneurs, are contributing to the conservation of agrobiodiversity and related knowledge; food, nutrition, and seed security, and produce other benefits.
In the attached document, we present more details.
Dr. Ronnie Vernooy