Seeds and territories for participatory agroecology

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Abstract

The project's main aim is to strengthen the climate resilience, food security and sovereignty, and agrobiodiversity of rural communities. This will be achieved by promoting and enhancing local and neglected seed varieties (SPN) and scaling up adapted agroecological practices.

The central strategy is therefore to promote SPN using an agroecological approach.

Financing

• Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DéSIRA) Initiative by the European Union, Belgium

Project partners

• SWISSAID, Switzerland
• Agricord, Belgium
• La ferme des 4 Chemins, France
• Associação das Produtoras e de Autopromoção para a Luta contra a Fome (APALCOF), Guinea-Bissau
• Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Agrária (INPA), Guinea-Bissau
• Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Senegal
• Centre Régional d'Enseignement Spécialisé en Agriculture (CRESA), Cameroon

FiBL project leader/ contact

• Douxchamps Sabine (Department of International Cooperation)

FiBL project staff

• Ferrari Leone (Department of Crop Sciences)
• Messmer Monika (Department of Crop Sciences)

Role of FiBL

Project partner

Group/ Work area/ Location

• Department of International Cooperation (FiBL Switzerland)
• Plant Breeding (Department of Crop Sciences, FiBL Switzerland)

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