The community seed bank: A common driver for community biodiversity management

Pitambar Shrestha; Genene Gezu; Saujanendra Swain; Bertrand Lassaigne; Abishkar Subedi; Walter Simon de Boef

doi:10.4324/9780203130599-24

The community seed bank: A common driver for community biodiversity management

Pitambar Shrestha^*, Genene Gezu, Saujanendra Swain, Bertrand Lassaigne, Abishkar Subedi, Walter Simon de Boef

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In the early 1990s, many development organizations began to support the establishment of community seed banks (CSBs) with the primary goal of enhancing food and seed security. The normal agricultural development paradigm assumed that all farmers, from subsistence to commercial, would eventually become clients of public and private seed systems, and the formal sectors would ensure their access to quality seed of improved varieties (Douglas, 1980; Frankel and Soulé, 1981). We now realize that this never actually happened. Small-scale farmers in Africa, Asia and Latin America, but also in Europe and North America, use farm-saved seed and rely to a large degree on the informal system for accessing new materials (Byerlee et al., 2007; Louwaars and De Boef, 2012).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Community Biodiversity Management
Subtitle of host publication	Promoting Resilience and the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
Editors	W.S. de Boef, A. Subedi, N. Peroni, M. Thijssen, E. O'Keeffe
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Chapter	2.8
Pages	109-117
Number of pages	9
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780203130599
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203130599-24
Publication status	Published - 5 Mar 2013

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Shrestha, P., Gezu, G., Swain, S., Lassaigne, B., Subedi, A., & de Boef, W. S. (2013). The community seed bank: A common driver for community biodiversity management. In W. S. de Boef, A. Subedi, N. Peroni, M. Thijssen, & E. O'Keeffe (Eds.), Community Biodiversity Management: Promoting Resilience and the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources (1 ed., pp. 109-117). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203130599-24

Shrestha, Pitambar ; Gezu, Genene ; Swain, Saujanendra et al. / The community seed bank : A common driver for community biodiversity management. Community Biodiversity Management: Promoting Resilience and the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources. editor / W.S. de Boef ; A. Subedi ; N. Peroni ; M. Thijssen ; E. O'Keeffe. 1. ed. London : Taylor & Francis, 2013. pp. 109-117

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Shrestha, P, Gezu, G, Swain, S, Lassaigne, B, Subedi, A & de Boef, WS 2013, The community seed bank: A common driver for community biodiversity management. in WS de Boef, A Subedi, N Peroni, M Thijssen & E O'Keeffe (eds), Community Biodiversity Management: Promoting Resilience and the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources. 1 edn, Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 109-117. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203130599-24

The community seed bank: A common driver for community biodiversity management. / Shrestha, Pitambar; Gezu, Genene; Swain, Saujanendra et al.
Community Biodiversity Management: Promoting Resilience and the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources. ed. / W.S. de Boef; A. Subedi; N. Peroni; M. Thijssen; E. O'Keeffe. 1. ed. London: Taylor & Francis, 2013. p. 109-117.

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Shrestha P, Gezu G, Swain S, Lassaigne B, Subedi A , de Boef WS. The community seed bank: A common driver for community biodiversity management. In de Boef WS, Subedi A, Peroni N, Thijssen M, O'Keeffe E, editors, Community Biodiversity Management: Promoting Resilience and the Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources. 1 ed. London: Taylor & Francis. 2013. p. 109-117 doi: 10.4324/9780203130599-24

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