Tag: smallholder farmers
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Hellen Akello’s leadership in Participatory Plant Breeding
By ESAFF Uganda In honor of women’s day, SD=HS will dedicate the whole month of March to highlighting the great work and strides made by women across the countries where we work. Little did 45-year-old Akello Hellen know that growing up in a rural area in Orungo sub county, Amuria district would inspire her to […]
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Develop while protecting and protect while developing: The Story of Ruixiang Ru form Inner Mongolia
By Farmer Seed Network in China In honor of women’s day, SD=HS will dedicate the whole month of March to highlighting the great work and strides made by women across the countries where we work. Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia, is the birthplace of millet and has an 8,000-year history of dry farming. In 2000, it […]
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Rural women embody resilience
By Ana Lucía Nuñez, Food Justice Project Officer at Oxfam Peru In honor of women’s day, SD=HS will dedicate the whole month of March to highlighting the great work and strides made by women across the countries where we work. Lucinda Quispealaya Salvatierra is one of many rural women farmers who take on an active […]
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A journey from bonded labor to master facilitator of Farmers Field Schools
By Sahadev KC and Lok Poudel, SD=HS Nepal In honor of women’s day, SD=HS will dedicate the whole month of March to highlighting the great work and strides made by women across the countries where we work. Rekha Chaudhary, mother of a 3-year old and permanent resident of Joshipur rural municipality, was born into a […]
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Meeting of spokeswomen and unions culminates in national forum on native seeds
MEETING OF ANDEAN AND AMAZONIAN CLIMATE SPOKESWOMEN As part of the Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security project, Oxfam in Peru, with the support of Fomento de la Vida – FOVIDA, organized the First Meeting of Andean and Amazonian Climate Spokeswomen in Huancayo, Junín. It brought together 50 rural, peasant and indigenous women leaders and representatives of organizations […]
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SD=HS Newsletter | September 2022
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SD=HS newsletter | August 2022
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SD=HS participates in the International Treaty’s annual session
The 9th session of the Governing Body (GB 9) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) will be held in New Delhi, India from 19th to 24th September 2022. Funded by Sida, the SD=HS (Sowing Diversity = Harvesting Security) program executed by Oxfam Novib and country partners contributes to […]
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SD=HS in Zimbabwe newsletter | July 2022
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Farmer-Led Seed Production: Community Seed Banks Enter the National Seed Market
Ronnie Vernooy, Jai Rana, Gloria Otieno, Hilton Mbozi and Pitambar Shrestha Abstract: Smallholder farmers around the world obtain their seed from various sources, which can vary over time. In some countries, smallholder farmers are gaining ground as local seed producers and sellers. This study focuses on the seed production and marketing operations, achievements, and challenges of […]
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SD=HS in Zambia newsletter | June 2022
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SD=HS newsletter | May 2022
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SD=HS in Nepal newsletter | April 2022
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SD=HS Newsletter | February 2022
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Three SD=HS partner organisations awarded funding from the Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Early this February, the working group on participatory plant breeding established under the Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF) recommended five projects for a first round of funding. We are excited to hear that three of the awardees are partner organisations in the SD=HS programme: Farmers’ Seed Network in China, Community Technology and […]
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SD=HS Newsletter | January 2022
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Newsletter | December 2021
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Innovating plant breeding & agrobiodiversity management: The urgent need for better partnerships between farmers and researchers
On the 2nd of December, Oxfam Novib held the concluding workshop in a series of three on ‘Innovating plant breeding: Bringing farmers to the table’. Researchers, policy makers, farmers and funders discussed how increasing the involvement of farmers in crop development and seed diffusion can contribute to sustained global food and nutrition security. Participants presented […]
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Newsletter
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Bringing Farmers to the Table: Innovating Plant Breeding. Workshop #3, 2 December 2021
We began this series of workshops seeking to identify coalitions to strengthen farmers’ engagement in crop variety and seed system development and innovation (see summaries of workshop 1 and workshop 2). The development of either a new proposal or creating explicit and strong links between complementary programs were the intended final outputs. “Let’s get on […]