Towards a national network of community seedbanks in South Africa

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security. 2018. Towards a national network of community seedbanks in South Africa. Reported in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Annual Report 2018. Outcome Impact Case Report.

Through capacity development and action research support to South Africa's National Plant Genetic Resources Centre (NPGR, under the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) and district level extension officials, the first three community seedbanks of an envisioned national network were established in marginalized smallholder farming areas.