Document types: Reports
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“Registration of Farmers’ Varieties”: Final report of the workshop
The registration of farmers’ varieties in national and regional seed catalogues – as objects of seed regulation – has been the subject of considerable debate in recent years, at local, national and international levels. Farmers have contributed immensely to the development, management and conservation of a wide range of crop varieties, but national seed regulations […]
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SeedsGROW. Harvesting global food security and justice in the face of climate change (April 2017 – March 2018)
This progress report provides a review of program activities, progress towards outcomes, risks encountered, and lessons learned in the period of 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. All activities contribute to the overarching SeedsGROW mission of “Harvesting greater food security and food justice by supporting the gender-just transformation of the global governance of food […]
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Women, seeds and nutrition
technical report of the baseline surveyPhase 1 of the “Sowing diversity = Harvesting Security” (SD=HS) Programme, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Dutch National Postcode Lottery (NPL), was implemented between 2014 and 2018. Its objectives were to uphold, strengthen and mainstream the rights and technical capacities of indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers, and to influence […]
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Reconceiving Public-Private partnerships to eradicate hunger: Recognizing small-scale farmers and agricultural biological diversity as the foundation of global food security
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have a long history in development rhetoric yet in general have not fulfilled the promises they have made in the form of increased economic gains (except for industry actors themselves), efficiency, and improved provision of traditionally “public goods.” Noting that food, biological diversity, and small-scale farmers are intersectional areas critical to ending […]
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The power to exercise choice: Implementing farmers’ rights to eradicate poverty and adapt to climate change
The SD=HS program aims to realize Farmers’ Rights by empowering indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers to uphold their role in contributing to food security and strengthening their adaptive capacities. This report describes the main tools and achievements so far. Farmer field schools are one key tool. They facilitate farmers in accessing, adopting and creating a […]
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SeedsGROW. Harvesting global food security and justice in the face of climate change (April 2016 – March 2017)
The third progress report presents results, achievements, challenges and financial updates from the period 1 April 2016 until 31 March 2017. The document reports both on the SD=HS program and the GROW campaign.
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Our seeds: Lessons from the drought. A joint agency briefing note
This joint agency briefing note from CTDT and Oxfam describes how farmer seed systems can provide seed security. Zimbabwean smallholder farmers consider seed security to be an issue of national security. For them, access to the right seeds, at the right time, and for the right price, is critical to be able to produce enough food to eat […]
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SeedsGROW. Harvesting global food security and justice in the face of climate change (April 2015-31 March 2016)
The second progress report presents results, achievements, challenges and financial updates from the period 1 April 2015 until 31 March 2016. The document reports both on the SD=HS program and the GROW campaign.
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Putting lessons into practice: Scaling up peoples’ biodiversity management for food security. Grant Completion Report
The IFAD-Oxfam program “Putting Lessons into Practice: Scaling up Peoples’ Biodiversity Management for Food Security” was implemented from 2012 until 2015. The goal of the program was to uphold, strengthen, and mainstream the rights and technical capacities of indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers, and to influence local to global policies and institutions on the sustainable […]
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Towards a business model: Piloting a farmer seed enterprise in the SD=HS program
This report of an expert meeting explains the need to scale up the program by integrating farmers’ seeds into the market. It describes the possibilities, advantages and risks of farmer seed enterprise. Seeds are fundamental for food security and are instrumental in generating wealth for rural economies. World-wide, most of smallholder farmers use their own […]
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Consolidated baseline survey report: Women, seeds and nutrition
This report is the first presentation of the consolidated findings of the baseline studies in Vietnam and Zimbabwe for Pillar 3 of the SD=HS program. Pillar 3 has a special focus on neglected and underutilized species, as they have a potential to improve dietary diversity, may contribute to income generation, and may become more important in local […]