This document outlines Riccardo Bocci's presentation on moving from on-farm conservation to community biodiversity management. It discusses the shift from project-based conservation to participatory and decentralized innovation involving multiple actors over time. Lessons learned include the need for a common vision, a pluralistic legal framework, and new professional roles. Challenges are differing perspectives that can lead to confrontation and the fragility of social processes. The presentation is part of a session on community biodiversity management with additional talks on related topics like tools for community management, ecological justice, monitoring diversity in the US, and case studies of managing plant health and crop diversity.

1. Session 4
From on farm conservation to
Community biodiversity
management
Riccardo Bocci, Rete Semi Rurali
Riccardo.bocci@semirurali.net
Rennes (France), 10th – 12th December 2018

2. 2007-2010
2010-2014 2014-2019
conservation diversity community
Society
New food/seed
chains
Community seed
banks
PPB programmes

3. ….adding S to breeding…
G*E
interaction
G*E*S
interaction

4. G*E*S
interaction
Locations/environments
Decentralised breeding
Involving farmers in breeding
Research in target environments
Social
Collective action
Social practices affecting diversity
Cultural values
Role of communities

5. New paradigm
5

6. 6

7. Seed Systems at the beginning…
informal
formal

8. 8
ABS
IPRs
Seed
marketing
Organic reg.
New governance on PGRFA and Seeds

9. Lessons learnt...
1. From project based to process based development;
2. Participatory, decentralised and multi-actors innovation/breeding;
3. Need to have a common vision shared by the actors;
4. Need a legal pluralistic framework;
5. Need of the new professionalims (e.g. free actors/innovation
brokers).
Weaknesses..
1. Different languages, values and visions on confrontation;
2. Social processes are fragile and time consuming;
3. Innovation is still consider only from a technological point of
view;
4. Transfer of technology narrative.

10. Seeds
Seeds of harmony
-ITPGRFA
-Farmers’rights
-cosmovision
-cultural diversity Seeds of food
-national seed policies
-seed quality control
-variety release
-seed marketing rules
Seeds of change
-development policies
-focus on breeding
-variety release and
registration
-ag research
Seeds of profit
-WTO/TRIPs
-FTAs
-PBRs
-Patent
Seeds of sovereignty
-CBD and ITPGRFA
-biodiversity policies
-conservation
-use and access

11. Thanks for your attention!

12. 12
Session 4 - 8:30
From on farm conservation to Community biodiversity management
Keynote
by Riccardo Bocci, RSR, Italy
Tools for community biodiversity management
by Regine Andersen, FNI, Norway
From variety selection practices to ecological justice
by Corentin Hecquet, Univ. de Liège - SEED, Belgium
Monitoring On-Farm Diversity in the United States
by Cathleen McCluskey, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
A modeling approach for on farm crop diversity management
by Abdel Kader Naino Jicka, INRA, France
Management of plant health and crop diversity – a case study
by Stephanie Klaedtke, Univ. de Liège - SEED, Belgium
Conservation and usage of chestnut biodiversity: a case study of partnership research
by Cathy Bouffartigue, INRA, France
Mapping European CSAs’ Practices for Cultivated Biodiversity
by Jocelyn Parot, INRA, France
From Cosmopolitan maize to Identitarian maize: collective management of maize
landraces in France and Italy
by Marianna Fenzi, INRA, France
Governance and organizational models of informal seed systems in Italy
by Riccardo Franciolini, RSR, Italy
Roundtable & plenary discussion
Tools for CBM – Béla Bartha (PSR)
Ecological justice – Corentin Hecquet (SEED)
Abstracts
1. Planth health – Stephanie Klaedtke
2. Chestnut – Cathy Bouffartigue
3. Maize – Marianna Fenzi
4. US diversity –Cathleen McCluskey
5. CSAs’ practices – Charline Ducottet & Jocelyn Parot
6. A modeling approach – Abdel Kader Naino Jicka
7. Seed systems – Riccardo Franciolini
8. Wheat group RSP – Armelle Mazé