Community seed banks: sharing experiences from North and South.

Andersen, R., Shrestha, P., Otieno, G., Nishikawa, Y., Kasasa, P. and Mushita, A. (2018) Community seed banks: sharing experiences from North and South. Paris (France): DIVERSIFOOD, 44 p.

Note full title of report is: Community Seed banks: Sharing experiences from North and South. Report from a side event held 1 November 2017 during the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in Kigali, Rwanda. Paris: DIVERSIFOOD.

The number of community seed banks is rapidly increasing, in response to the growing demand for greater diversity of crop genetic resources among farmers and gardeners around the world. Two major studies shed light on this development, enabling a closer look at the differing approaches, methods, outreach and achievements. These studies were presented and illustrated with examples at a side-event at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty) in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2017, aimed at sharing experiences. This report presents the contents of the side-event as well as key decisions from the Governing Body Session of relevance for community seed banks.