Seeds of Survival February 28 1:00 UTC Introduction: Debates and successes in local seed production and marketing Pratap Shrestha leads the participatory crop improvement, seed systems, community-based approaches to biodiversity conservation, and policy work at...
Seeds of Survival March 1 1:00 PM UTC INCA: Local seed certification methodology in Cuba Dr. C. Rosa Acosta Roca is a researcher in the Genetics and Plant Breeding Department, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (INCA), with a PhD in Biological Sciences and...
Seeds of Survival March 1 1:00 PM UTC FECODESA: Seed cooperatives and Community Seed Bank network in Nicaragua Blanca Castro is an agronomist specialist in Participatory Plant Breeding and local seed production on maize, bean and sorghum. For the last 15 years, she...
Seeds of Survival March 1 1:00 PM UTC José Jiménez Torres Odir Palma FIPAH: Local certification of varieties developed through participatory plant breeding through community seed banks and a formal system pilot in Honduras José Jiménez is a senior agronomist...
Seeds of Survival February 28 1:00 PM UTC PRODII: Participatory Guarantee System pilot in Bolivia Félix Vale is an agronomist specialist on local development and agroecology, with extensive experience in Participatory Guarantee Systems developed in farmer...