This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Farmers’ Rights: How Complementarity between Researchers and Farmers Impact the Conservation of Genetic Diversity, Food Security and Livelihoods of the Poor”
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/08/31/gfar-webinar-communications-success-stories/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/N16hHmL8xNM
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Presentation by Dr David Bergvinson, Director General, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) at International Trade Centre (ITC) and Indian Pulses and Grains Council (IPGA) on 24 August 2016.
Solutions for Impact in Emerging Markets: The role of biotechnologyICRISAT
To develop and deploy state-of-the-art infrastructure for conduct of transgenic research and to act as a clearinghouse for technology inputs, transgenic research leads/ prototypes with proof of concept derived from Indian research institutes, universities, and other likely sources.Also to evolve the technology to a point where a practical application can be demonstrated, and transfer this “evolved” technology for product development and distribution to appropriate agencies.
Research Program Genetic Gains (RPGG) Review Meeting 2021: Delivering Acceler...ICRISAT
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" Resource use efficiency in vegetables: Application of molecular breeding to...ExternalEvents
" Resource use efficiency in vegetables: Application of
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Stenocarpella maydis and Fusarium graminearum maize cob rots are two most devastating cob rots in maize which causes yield losses and reduce grain quality as a result of mycotoxins which is produced from this fungus. Developing varieties resistant to cob rots is a practical and economic strategy that provides cheaper protection against yield loss and poor grain quality. There is still low adoption of improved varieties partly because of limited incorporation of farmer preferred standards. Therefore farmers’ preferences and perceptions should be captured early in a breeding program to enhance the adoption of released varieties. A focus group discussion (FGD) participatory approach was used in four districts of Uganda to assess farmers’ perceptions on maize cob rots and to investigate the possibilities of breeding for farmer-preferred cob rot resistant varieties. Semi- structured questionnaires were administered to selected seed merchants to consolidate and verify farmers’ reporting on seed varieties. Results ofinvestigationsuggested that absolute cob rot resistance was associated with undesirable traits such as small seededness, late maturing and low yields. Yield and earliness were the most preferred farmer agronomic traits, with a farmer-preference mean derived score of 4.5 and 3.75 respectively from the total of 5. In this regard, selection for farmer-preferred cob rot resistance varieties should strike a balance between yield and or earliness with cob rot resistance.
Research Program Genetic Gains (RPGG) Review Meeting 2021: Delivering Acceler...ICRISAT
Strengthening the Science of Delivery by increasing total seed production and availability, increasing access to high-quality seed of improved varieties, creating demand for quality seed (e.g. through value-chain support, demonstration trials, postharvest handling including seed, business training and market linkages), reaching farmers through formal and informal seed systems, lowering costs of seed.......
Roux - A global information and knowledge sharing approach to facilitate the ...CIALCA
Presentation delivered at the CIALCA international conference 'Challenges and Opportunities to the agricultural intensification of the humid highland systems of sub-Saharan Africa'. Kigali, Rwanda, October 24-27 2011.
" Resource use efficiency in vegetables: Application of molecular breeding to...ExternalEvents
" Resource use efficiency in vegetables: Application of
molecular breeding to bambara groundnut, an underutilised crop for low-input agriculture" presentation by Sean Mayes, Crops for the Future, Semenyih, Malaysia
Stenocarpella maydis and Fusarium graminearum maize cob rots are two most devastating cob rots in maize which causes yield losses and reduce grain quality as a result of mycotoxins which is produced from this fungus. Developing varieties resistant to cob rots is a practical and economic strategy that provides cheaper protection against yield loss and poor grain quality. There is still low adoption of improved varieties partly because of limited incorporation of farmer preferred standards. Therefore farmers’ preferences and perceptions should be captured early in a breeding program to enhance the adoption of released varieties. A focus group discussion (FGD) participatory approach was used in four districts of Uganda to assess farmers’ perceptions on maize cob rots and to investigate the possibilities of breeding for farmer-preferred cob rot resistant varieties. Semi- structured questionnaires were administered to selected seed merchants to consolidate and verify farmers’ reporting on seed varieties. Results ofinvestigationsuggested that absolute cob rot resistance was associated with undesirable traits such as small seededness, late maturing and low yields. Yield and earliness were the most preferred farmer agronomic traits, with a farmer-preference mean derived score of 4.5 and 3.75 respectively from the total of 5. In this regard, selection for farmer-preferred cob rot resistance varieties should strike a balance between yield and or earliness with cob rot resistance.
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Organised by High Level Task force on Organic Farming in Nepal
1. High and stable tuber yield
2. Tuber characteristics that facilitate harvesting and are valued by consumers (e.g. shape, size, storability, dry matter content and food quality)
3. Resistance to biotic stresses (e.g. viruses, anthracnose, nematodes)
4. Tolerance to abiotic stresses (e.g. low soil nutrients, drought)
5. Suitability to major cropping systems (e.g. plant architecture, and maturity period).
6. Nutritional value and metabolites
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Please credit downloaded or clipped slides, graphics, charts or images.
Credit: 2017 GAP Report/Global Harvest Initiative
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Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
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It is said that “you can't manage what you don't measure”. The unprecedented global loss of agricultural species, varieties and associated traditional knowledge is of increasing concern, threatening the provisioning, regulatory, supporting and cultural ecosystem services of importance to the livelihoods of the poor as well as the welfare of broader society. Such services include such public goods as maintaining agroecosystem resilience and future option values.
Unfortunately, although many crop genetic resources (CGR) are widely recognized as being threatened, there is only limited information available regarding actual status. Only isolated efforts at monitoring have been undertaken. Conventional monitoring efforts, where they exist at all, have been subject to limitations due to ad hoc approaches that lack rigorous survey and sampling approaches, do not adequately account for search effort costs or systematically involve the participation of local-level actors, and are usually based on collections instead of direct observations in the field. Furthermore, the links between specific CGR conservation levels/configurations and the provision of specific ecosystem services are poorly understood.
There is thus an urgent need for the development of a systematic approach to the monitoring of CGR. This presentation draws on the outcome of a recent Bioversity International/CIP international expert workshop aimed at the development of such an approach. The proposed multi-scale approach builds on a wide range of existing monitoring experiences and a review of the literature related to agricultural biodiversity-relevant ecosystem services. A number of proposed indicators that could be used to assess CGR threat levels, be used for monitoring purposes and/or assist in evaluating ecosystem service public/private good trade-offs arising from agricultural intensification are presented, with a view to supporting the potential for prioritizing, designing and implementing on-farm/in situ conservation measures that actively involve farmers, support livelihoods, complement existing ex situ conservation efforts and facilitate access and benefit sharing.
Find out more about Bioversity International work on conserving crop diversity on the farm and in the wild http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/conservation-of-crop-diversity/
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GFAR / GODAN / CTA webinar #2 "Key data for farmers" - Stephen Kalyesubula - ...GCARD Conferences
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/taHHp3UbRZI, 28/2/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #2
Data becomes significant if it can be linked to information, knowledge and wisdom. Once processed it can be used to generate detailed insights into farm operations and the environment. It assists big and small holder farmers in making data-based operational decisions to optimize yield and boost revenue while minimizing expenses, the chances of crop failure, and environmental impact.
For data driven agriculture to happen we have to distinguish the data streams in the food chain from pre-planting to consumption, for example: data collected and managed from the farm by farmers which can be either static or dynamic; data coming from external sources like market prices and data that is exported for aggregation by other farm service providers. However, farmers may not be in a position to realize those streams and possibly what data and information is required to answer the food chain questions, for example: What produce can I grow where I live? When should I sow/plant/harvest/market it? How should I sow/plant/harvest/market it? All these questions can be answered if the factual data or information is used or made available to the farmers.
Webinar Goals
Make the participants understand the different key data streams, flow and sources that are vital to agricultural value chains. Participants will be in position to identify the data they own or collect on their farms and its usefulness, understand the difference between human and machine farm data, identify the part in the agricultural value chain where data, and which data, is needed most.
About the presenter
Stephen Kalyesubula is a Computer Engineering and an agri-preneur from Makerere University. He is a graduate researcher at iLabs@Mak Project – Makerere University and his key technological interests include: Data science, robotics, Internet of things, AI and design thinking. He is among the directors of Youths In Technology and Development Uganda whose mission is to create tech communities of practice where appropriate use of technology promotes sustainable development in agriculture, health and education.
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/DMg9UI7Ur0M, 26/3/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #3
This webinar is a continuation of exploring digital agriculture for smallholder farmers. The first webinar provided an overview of digital agriculture, the trends impacting it, and it advantages and challenges for smallholder farmers. The second identified specific data needed by farmers, as well as potential sources.
“Crossing the Donga” will provide smallholder farmers, and those who support them, specific methods for ensuring farmer-centric solutions. The webinar will examine some of the key challenges that are blocking adoption of digital architecture by smallholder farmers. Attendees will learn a process for mapping their data needs, based on their goals and key tasks. Attendees will learn the foundational market model, and how to create value for success.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
GFAR / GODAN / CTA webinar #1 "Data-driven agriculture. An overview" - Dan Be...GCARD Conferences
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/bsicKqHZIz4, 22/2/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #1
Precision agriculture is a promising set of technologies that is data intensive, but which has limited adoption by small holder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Concurrently, current trends in sustainability, traceability, and compliance reporting demand that an ever-increasing amount of data be gathered as part of everyday operations in modern production agriculture.
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Webinar Goals
Provide attendees a foundation for understanding the use of data for farming and across the agricultural value chain. Attendees should be able to apply the core concepts of using data for field operations, as well as how data is used across the value chain. Attendees will be introduced to the opportunities and challenges of using data, especially for smallholder farmers.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
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Check out the live webinar recording here: https://youtu.be/N8UkwOoI9hQ
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3. FARMERS’ RIGHTS: HOW COMPLEMENTARITY BETWEEN
RESEARCHERS AND FARMERS IMPACT THE
CONSERVATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY, FOOD SECURITY
AND LIVELIHOODS OF THE POOR
JUANITA CHAVES POSADA
GFAR SECRETARIAT
19 SEPTEMBER, 2017
4. BACKGROUND
• GFAR previous webinar: Farmers’ Rights: Achieving
Complementarity Between the Formal and Informal Seed
Systems (30 May, 2017)
• Article 9 of the International Treaty (responsibility for realizing
Farmers’ Rights rest with national governments)
5. OBJECTIVE
Exchange best practices and information on how
to achieve complementarity between the formal
and informal systems to improve food security,
conservation of plant genetic diversity and the
livelihood of smallholder farmers.
6. EXPECTED OUTCOMES
• Exchange of information, success stories and best
practices
• Identify challenges and possible solutions
• Motivate participants, especially researchers to
identify ways and tools to exchange their
experiences and best practices towards achieving
complementarity between the formal and informal
systems
8. 19 SEP 2017
Informal and formal potato seed
systems in Peru: A technical
perspective for improving seed
quality
JORGE ANDRADE-PIEDRA • WEBINAR ON FARMERS’ RIGHTS
9. Outline
• Background
• Potato in Peru
• Seed degeneration
• Integrated seed health strategy
• Host resistance
• On-farm seed management
• Clean seed
• Main message
11. Potato boom in Peru
Total production (t/year):
•3.3 million (2000)
•4.7 millio (2014)
Consumption (kg/person/year)
has increased:
•74.6 (2007)
•82.4 (2011)
Yield (t/ha) has increased:
•11.5 (2000)
•14.8 (2014)
Use of certified seed has
remained very low (<0.05%)
12. Potato planting material (seed)
• Critical input for production
• Reduction of yield gap
• Dissemination of new varieties
• Vegetative propagation:
• Bulky (1-2 t/ha)
• Costly (30-40% of production cost)
• Perishable (1 to 4 months)
• Prone to degeneration
F. Montesdeoca
13. FungiBacteriaViruses
Insects
Increase in pest incidence or severity, associated with reduction in yield or
quality over successive cycles of vegetative propagation
Seed degeneration
Nematodes
Thomas-Sharma et al., 2015
14. Integrated seed health strategy
Resistant
varieties
On-farm
management
Clean seed
Breeding Farmers’ capacity
development
Certification
Clean seed
replacemen
t paradigm
Thomas-Sharma et al., 2015
16. Country
Formal seed
system (%)
Informal seed
system (%)
Reference
Afghanistan 0 100 Kadian et al., 2007
Bangladesh 5 95 Ilangantileke et al., 2001
Bhutan 2 98 Kadian et al., 2007
Bolivia 2 98 Hidalgo et al., 2011
China 20 80 Muthoni et al., 2013
Colombia 2-10 90-98 FPAPA, 2010; Guzmán-Barney et al., 2012
Ecuador 1-3 97-99 Thiele, 1999; ESPAC, 2012
Ethiopia 1 99 Gildemacher et al., 2009
India 20 80 Kadian et al., 2007
Indonesia 6 94 Muthoni et al., 2013
Kenya 2 98 Gildemacher et al., 2009
Pakistan 5 95 Muthoni et al., 2013
Peru 0.5 99.5 Hidalgo et al., 2011
Uganda 0.1 99.9 Gildemacher et al., 2009
Formal and informal seed systems
Thomas-Sharma et al., 2015
18. Pedigree Tuber morphology Resistance
Ord CIP Number Code
Female
parent
Male
parent
Skin
color
Flesh
color
Shape eye depth PVY PVX LB
Abiot stress
Tolerance
1 CIP309003.11 VHT-003.011 C91.612/REICHE LD-73.17 cream cream oblong shallow R R R
2 CIP309047.28 VHT-047.028 LD-54.20 C93.154 cream white oblong shallow R R MR
3 CIP309074.123 VHT-074.123 LD-10.34 92.187 cream cream oblong shallow R R MR
4 CIP309074.129 VHT4-07.129 LD-10.34 92.187 cream cream oblong shallow R S R
5
CIP309080.60 VHT-080.060 LD-10.34 LD-57.20 cream cream
long
oblong
shallow R R
MR
6 CIP309088.120 VHT-088.120 LD-30.6 LD-95.24 cream cream oblong shallow R R HR
7
CIP309093.43 VHT-093.043 LD-32.25 C93.154 cream cream
long
oblong
shallow R R
MR
Drought
8 CIP309093.50 VHT-093.050 LD-32.25 C93.154 cream cream oblong shallow R R MR
9 CIP309096.118 VHT-096.118 LD-32.25 LD-39.32 cream cream oblong shallow R R MR Drought
10 CIP309103.85 VHT-103.085 LD-32.8 ZAREVO cream cream oblong shallow R R MR
11
CIP309126.64 VHT-126.064 LD-49.50 LD-39.32 cream cream
long
oblong
shallow R R
R
12
CIP309131.16 VHT-131.016 LD-73.31 C93.154 cream yellow
long
oblong
shallow R R
MR
13 CIP398017.53 391002.6 392639.31 Cream Cream Oval shallow ER R Heat
14 CIP304079.10 393075.54 Granola Cream Cream Oval shallow ER ER R Heat
15 CIP302533.40 393371.159 396272.43 Cream Cream Elliptic shallow ER ER R Heat
16 CIP304081.44 393075.54 Monalisa Cream Cream Oval shallow ER R Heat
Example, clones sent to Guatemala in 2017
19. 1. Select the best
plot
2. Select the best plants
2. On-farm seed management: Select the best
Orrego et al. 2011,
Gildemacher et al., 2011, 2012
20. 3. Select the best tubers from the best plants
4. Store the tubers
30-40% yield
increase
21. Genetic
Class
Pre-Basic
Categ.
Básic I - II
Categ.
Registered
I - II
Categ.
Certified
I - II
Categ.
Authorized
I - II
To be sold to farmersTo be sold to farmers
Reglamento de la Ley General de Semillas, PerúReglamento de la Ley General de Semillas, Perú
Non-
Certified
Class
Certified
Class
NARS: INIA
SeedSeed
producersproducers
3. Clean seed: Certification
22. New regulations for seed potato production in
Peru
• 2008: Update of seed law
• 2012: Regulations for potato seed
production
• 2014-2015: discussions to
improve regulations
• Workshops (Lima, Huancayo,
Andahuaylas, Cajamarca,
Cusco)
• 2 categories in the Non-
Certified class: declared and
traditional
• Waiting for final approval…
(nearly 2 years)
23. Rapidmultiplication technologies for minituber production
Conventional: 5 – 8 tub/pl
Sandponics: 8 – 10 tub/pl
Deep water: 25 – 30 tub/pl
Aeroponics: 50 – 100 tub/pl
24. Main messages
• Peru is the largest potato producer in South America.
• The informal seed system in Peru provides most of the
seed for potato production, but seed quality is low.
• Seed degeneration is the main cause of poor quality
seed.
• CIP proposes an integrated seed health approach that
combines host resistance, on-farm seed management
and certified seed.
• Investments should focus primarily on breeding and
farmers’ capacity building for on-farm seed
management, and to a lesser degree on producing
certified seed.
26. Community Seed Banking for Enhanced Conservation and Use of Crop
Varietal Diversity
Rose Nankya, Devra I. Jarvis, Isabel L. Noriega and John W. Mulumba
GFAR WEBINAR PRESENTATION 19/9/2017
27. Background
• Local seed exchange networks that
occur outside the formal breeding
sector influence the diversity and
evolution of PGRFA
• Some of the key issues determining
the use of seed by farmers are
availability, quantity, quality and
price.
•Community seedbanks effective in
providing seed and diversity to
farmers
28. General approach taken to achieve cooperation
• Identify key implementation partner(s) and
contact them
• Development of Memoranda of understanding to
make commitments, roles and responsibilities
clear
• Situation analysis in the project sites
• Participatory approach of beneficiary groups
• Understand different perspectives of stakeholders
and promote a win- win scenario
• Constant touch with partners
29. Establishment of community seedbanks
• In Uganda, Bioversity partnered with
National Agriculture Research
Organization specifically the Plant
Genetic Resources Center
• Carried out seed systems studies using
participatory diagnostics - focus group
discussions and household surveys
• Had continuous interaction with farmers
and leaders at different levels; explained
objectives of the research to them
• Recruited field assistants from within the
target communities
• This approach created confidence and
trust in the communities; they co-
operated and supported the research
and the interventions that followed
30. Objectives of the seed systems studies
To understand :
•the seed and varieties distribution
•Constraints to accessing seed and
varieties
•Seed selection practices
•Linkage of seed systems to
the crop diversity on-farm
31. Some findings from Seed Systems Studies
• Farmers got most seed from informal sources:
in Rubaya; 2013 (87%), in 2008 (91%)
in Kabwohe; 2013 (85%), in 2008 (99%).
• Farmers got seed from more than one source without quality
control
• There was a lot of exchange between farmers
• We can assume that some of the improved varieties that
farmers accessed had been developed using materials from the
CGIAR centers
32. Common bean seed quantities and the percentage contributed by
each source in 2008 and 2013 in Rubaya
Quantity in kg / % of Seed
33. Farmers got seed from more than one source in 2008 in
Rubaya
NEIGHBOUR =23
4
16
3
SELF = 27
VERY LOCAL MARKET = 28
NON LOCAL MARKET
=7
PARENT=3
SEED COMPANY
=1
4
1
2
26
2
11 1410
LOCAL AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION =13
FRIENDS OUTSIDE
THE VILLAGE =3
1
1
RELATIVE IN THE VILLAGE =3
2
11
2
34. Some farmers still got seed from more than one source in 2013 in
Rubaya
2
Fellow Farmers
Very Local
Market
Rukore
2
Local
Agriculture
Extension
Kagyera
Neighbor 3
1
1
1
111
2
15
13
4
Self
Seed Company
1
1
NARO
Friends outside
village
1
Parents
1
Seed Fairs
1
10
1
4
35. Key constraints to accessing seed as pointed out by farmers
Seed being expensive to buy
and transport
Varieties not available
Seed quality not good
Some varieties getting tired
when grown every season
High turnover of varieties
36. What are community seed banks?
Community driven efforts through which
farmers:
Select, produce, improve and at times
market seeds
Pool diverse varieties
Ensure some quality
Store seed in the short term to serve
individual farmers or several communities
Can revive rare and extinct varieties
Promote and protect farmers’ rights
37. Functions of community seed banks
Avail seed at right time on a loan
basis
Control the quality of seed
Avail diversity of varieties
Offer choices for farmers
Bring seed nearer to the people
Conserve varieties
Link farmers to the National gene
banks and breeders
Revive rare or extinct varieties
Improve social cohesion
Empower women
Increase general farmer capacities. eg
in seed production etc
38. Common tasks of community seedbanks
i) Securing diversity
through:
Varieties collection
Variety
characterization also
using traditional
knowledge
Seed production
Storage
distribution
39. iii)Seed Quality mangement
Only good quality seed is
accepted at the bank
Monitoring at farm level
Seed treatment while at the
bank with organic materials
Moisture content testing
Germination tests
ii) Empowering farmers to
embrace good quality seed
production practices
40. iv) Promotion of farmers rights
Saving, using and
exchanging seed
Promoting sharing of
traditional knowledge
Equitable sharing of
benefits
Participation in decision
making
41. KIZIBA SEED BANK SEED QUANTIES AND NO.OF BENEFICIARIES SINCE JUNE 2010
42. Achievements
1500 farmers have benefited so far
Distributes a ton of seed in a season
Increased productivity
Started a business arm to produce
Quality Declared Seed
Opened with 27 varieties, now has 69
varieties
Facilitated another farmer group to
establish their seedbank in Sheema
town council
43. Benefits to the CGIAR and general research fraternity
• Since seedbanks are linked to the National genebanks, they
are good channels for increasing PGRFA materials available
for research easily e.g for developing new varieties
• Can be an easy channel of linking/ working with farmers for
a research intervention e.g testing new varieties,
participatory breeding etc
• Are a source of data and information on seed systems,
diversity issues etc
44. Lessons learnt
• Seedbanks may not work for all crops
• Success of community seedbanking is influenced by
social, cultural and economic factors
• Important to first understand the dynamics of the seed
system to gauge whether community seedbanking is
the most appropriate intervention in that context
• Important to think about and incorporate sustainability
mechanisms in the process of establishing the
seedbanks
• Good to think through the research and developmental
questions to be addressed through seedbanking
45. Challenges
Community seed banks
going into seed
production business
may threaten existence
of landraces
Registration of
landraces not a priority
in many countries
Sustainability
Market favoring few
varieties
46. Conclusion
Community seed banks provide seed security, enable
continued evolution and adaptation of crop diversity
in situ, provide choices; enhance resilience to climate
change and other shocks, promote farmers’ rights.
Despite some challenges, they remain a viable option
for improving access and use of crop diversity for food
security and enhancing resilience
47. References
1.Nankya, R., Adokorach ,J. Mulumba JW. 2012. Seed systems, genetic vulnerability
and disease movement in Uganda. pp: 287-297. In: Jarvis, DI, C Fadda, P De Santis and
J Thompson, editors.2012. Damage, diversity and genetic vulnerability: The role of crop
genetic diversity in the agricultural production system to reduce pest and disease
damage, Proceedings of an International Symposium 15-17 February, 2011, Rabat,
Morocco. Bioversity International, Rome Italy.
2 Mulumba, J. W.;Nankya, R.; Catherine Kiwuka, C.; Adokorach, J. Kyomugisha, M.;
Fadda, C. and Devra, I. J. Kiziba community genebank, Uganda.; in, Veernoy, R. et al
(eds) 2014. Community Seed Banks: Origins, Evolution and Prospects Pages 165 -171;
http://www.routledge.com/u/routledge/SeedBanks/,
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415708067/.
4. Mulumba JW, R Nankya, J Adokorach, C Kiwuka, C Fadda, P De Santis, DI Jarvis.
2012. A risk minimizing argument for traditional crop varietal diversity use to reduce
pest and disease damage in agricultural ecosystem of Uganda. Agriculture, Ecosystem
and the Environment, 157: 70–86.
5. Aseete, P., Nankya, R., Mulumba, J.W. An Analysis of the common bean and
banana seed/ planting materials value chains and systems in Nakaseke, Kabwohe
and Rubaya sites in Uganda. Technical Report, 2014.
6. http://agrobiodiversityplatform.org/cropbiodiversity/
50. Farmers’ Rights
and Social
Learning
Lessons from the
CIP – Potato Park
Repatriation
Agreement
Alejandro Argumedo
Asociación ANDES
Cusco, 19 September 2017
GFAR Collective Action Webinar on Farmers’ Rights
51. Who I am and
My
Presentation
• Who I am
• Cusco - Peru
• Asociación ANDES
• Content of Presentation
53. Potato Park:
Key Information
Objectives:
•Improve the wellbeing and food
security of the Potato Park
communities through responses
(based on the best of Western
science and Traditional Knowledge)
to key agronomic, socioeconomic
and environmental pressures and
limitations affecting indigenous
peoples and build a resilient food
and farming system
54. The Potato Park
Methods and Key
activities
• Biocultural Approaches to Policy and Practices
• TK-based Integrated Landscape Approach for the in situ
conservation and SU of PGRFA, systematically organized
as Biocultural Heritage Territory
• Intervention targeted at potato populations (association
with other native Andean species)
• Main Activities:
• Conservation of Genetic Diversity of Potatoes in a
Center of Origin and Diversity (Infra/intra specific)
• Conservation NUS and WCR
• Conservation of Ecosystem Services
• Agroecology-based Sustainable Food Production
• (Agro) Biodiversity-based Economic Activities and
Endogenous Development
• Enhancement of Local Human and Institutional
Capacities for the C&SU of Indigenous Peoples’
Biocultural Heritage
• Cross fertilization between science and IK (Farmer-
scientist collaboration)
• Coordination and Cooperation with Government
Sectors
55. The Potato Park –
CIP Repatriation
Agreement
• History
• Objectives
• Key elements
56. The Potato Park –
CIP Repatriation
Agreement
• 410 potato landraces
repatriated
• Collaborative research on:
• climate change
• integrated pest
management
• participatory plant
breeding
• participatory GIS
• Wild crop relatives
• In-situ management
• Seed Policy
57. Lessons Learned (1):
Engagement
• Active engagement of community members, including
women and youth, in the design and implementation of
research activities.
• Access to new knowledge by CIP and by communities
• Comparison and validation of knowledge has led to
improved understanding of problems and solutions, helped
to build trust, and led to greater awareness and valuing of
the knowledge and practices of other groups.
• Use of indigenous research methodologies and
communications systems and formats compatible with
indigenous knowledge.
58. Lessons Learned (2):
Iterative learning
• Collective, iterative learning in order to
co-create knowledge in the research
activities conducted under the
agreement.
• Effective collaborative learning between
CIP staff, ANDES and Potato Park
communities on climate conditions and
trends, the movement of pests and
diseases in relation to crops and
altitudinal ranges, and pest control using
traditional and modern methods.
• The agreement is flexible to allow new
findings, ideas and understanding to be
incorporated, supporting the iterative
learning processes.
• Collective learning among the different
communities of the Potato Park and
ANDES was fostered through the
identification and analysis of customary
norms and values that guide sharing of
resources and knowledge within and
between communities, through
consensus building and collaborative
development of the agreement.
59. Lessons Learned (3):
Capacity development
• Providing initial capacity building to communities to
negotiate agreements is crucial.
• Capacity building is a two-way process between scientists
and farmers.
• Farmers provide capacity building to farmers in other
communities on:
• Development of biocultural protocols
• Regoverning local food systems and the commons
• Self-discovery learning and participatory action
research
60. Lessons Learned (4):
Challenging institutions
• Scientists now recognize the value of traditional
knowledge and collaborative research with
communities, and community members beyond those
directly involved with the project have adopted
conservation plans.
• Shift the values and practices of other public and
private institutions not directly involved
• Opening of spaces for ANDES and the Potato Park
communities to work with government agencies in
Peru, international processes, and scientists from other
institutions and universities.
61. Conclusions
• Active community participation in research processes, from design to analysis.
• Equitable research partnership between indigenous farmers and scientists has linked
science and traditional knowledge, and global and local knowledge, for a better
understanding of climate change and food security problems and solutions.
• Recognition and awareness of the role of farmers in conserving and improving plant
genetic resources
• Leading role in implementation of National Seed Law and the national catalogue of
local/native crops
• Repatriation agreement has provided a legal framework for protecting the rights of
farmers over their traditional knowledge and natural resources
• Support to the national government in the implementation of Agrobiodiversity Zones
• Support to national and international indigenous networks on methods and tools for the
conservation of genetic diversity, protection of IK, and the rights of farmers over their
seeds and indigenous knowledge
• Trust (Low Sharing of information from CIP to communities)
• No institutional funding for the agreement and limited spread of the effects of
institutional challenging to other CIP offices.
64. Open data is data
that can be freely
used, re-used and
redistributed by
anyone - subject
only, at most, to
the requirement to
attribute and
(Open Data Handbook)
65.
66. Ownership rights are a major
factor in access and use of
open data … stakeholders who
are most vulnerable—small-
scale farmers … have the least
legal protection.
(de Beer, 2016: 4, 14)(de Beer, 2016: 4, 14)
71. A data commons
must address the
needs of
contributors.
Although
contributors do not
own their data,
their needs can be
72. Firms that license data
collection are ... characterized by
differing business models, legal
sophistication, methods and
access to data, and relationships
with contributors and users.
• Sophisticated
contract
• Privacy and
control
• Commercial
use allowed
• Owned by
governments
• Stakeholders
need to see
value of
shared data
• Ownership by
design
• Market used
to show
value of
open data
73. A data commons is based
on governance
mechanisms that enable
access.
• License copyright in
data and databases.
• Range of licenses.
• Three layer design
increases use.
• Licenses copyright in
compilations of data.
• Option to require
attribution or
relicensing of
derivatives.
74. We propose a set
of licenses that ...
can help
collectors manage
their relationships
with contributors
and consumers.
77. Growing traction
Certification marks
are commonly used
to encourage
participation and
ensure benefit
sharing ... the mark
indicates best
practices used
throughout the
value chain.
78. Jeremiah Baarbe, Meghan Blom, Jeremy de Beer. “A
Data Commons for Food Security”
(Working Paper 7, Ottawa, ON: Open AIR, 2017)
Funding for this research was provided by the
Canada First Research Excellence Fund through
the Global Institute for Food Security, the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
(SSHRC) and the International Development
Research Centre (IDRC) via the Open African
Innovation Research (Open AIR) network.
www.openair.
org.za
@afrinnov
ation
Jeremiah.baarbe@g
mail.com
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Structure and Functions
Policies and practices based on the profound links between nature and culture and the value of diversity for resilience can support creativity, encourage better adapted responses, and empower people to value their identity and knowledge
The agreement is one of the few examples where the usually separated formal and informal seed systems are collaborating directly for mutual benefit
Policies and practices based on the profound links between nature and culture and the value of diversity for resilience can support creativity, encourage better adapted responses, and empower people to value their identity and knowledge
complementarity
Three categories of stakeholders participate in the community of data production and use; they are the key members in the data commons (Manovich, 2012: 460). Contributors provide access to the phenomenon being captured. They are often farmers, landholders, and front-line workers. Collectors gather data and make it available. Typically comprised of firms, intermediaries, and governments, collectors are the legal owners of the data and are responsible for opening access through licensing
AFBF (2014) “more than 81 percent believe they retain ownership of their farm data.
Engagement
Contracts of adhesion = no negotiating or ability for contributors to ensure their needs are met
Privacy and control
Fundamental human right, e.g. United States, Canada, EU.
But no international consensus.
Linked – privacy is the ability to control who has access.
Privacy concerns for farmers
But when data is anonymized, control stops.
Access to data
Of these stakeholders, the open data literature primarily focuses on the relationship between collectors and consumers.
Failing to meet contributors’ needs is inefficient because it can lead to alienation, an erosion of trust, and a loss of access to data.
This power divide creates risks for farmers and results in coercive data collection tactics. As farmers understand these risks they may withdraw from data collection or seek open access options that meet their needs.
“Fully 77.5 percent of farmers surveyed said they feared regulators and other government officials might gain access to their private information without their knowledge or permission. Nearly 76 percent of respondents said they were concerned others could use their information for commodity market speculation without their consent”
Certification marks are trademarks that a certifying organization can issue to entities that meet qualifying standards. The marks tell customers that certified products comply with standards that they care about
In the data commons, a certification mark would indicate to contributors, collectors, and consumers: (1) that the data is sourced equitably; (2) that the collector offers open data; and (3) which collectors use the back-tofront license.
Use of the mark will motivate collectors to participate in the commons by drawing positive attention to their data collection practices while building trust with contributors and consumers.