Theme: Seed Enterprises
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Annual Report 2022
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was significantly lower in 2022, with restrictions being gradually lifted and more teams and activities returning to “normal”. But the year was also marked by the war in Ukraine and a worldwide economic crisis, with inflation and disruptions to the global food supplies. This came on top of a […]
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Zimbabwean Farmer Muzamani Lihinga’s Success with New Sorghum Seed Sales
By Jeko Manata The tale of success in Matihwa village, situated within Chiredzi’s Chilonga area in the semi-arid southeastern region of Zimbabwe, revolves around the remarkable journey of Mr. Muzamani Lihinga. His collaboration with the Sowing Diversity equals Harvesting Security (SDHS) program in Zimbabwe has resulted the opportunity to increase the income for smallholder farmers […]
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An Insight into the Diverse Farmer Field School Trainings Arranged in Uganda
Clustered Refresher Training on Farmer Field School (FFS) Methodology Refresher training sessions on the Farmer Field School (FFS) Methodology were organized in clusters. In Omoro district, a total of 14 FFS facilitators (8 females and 6 males) underwent reorientation on FFS methodology during the period from 28- 31 August 2023. The primary objective of this […]
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Books 4 Life: Empowering Communities through Community Seed Banks
By Eco Matser, Project Lead SD=HS Community seed banks play an important role in the SD=HS program approach to safeguard the genetic diversity of local crops and increase community food and nutrition security. They provide farmers with a safe storage for seeds as well as a source for seed that disappeared in the community. The […]
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Farmer Field School training workshops towards Crop Diversity for Food Security in West Africa
Environmental and socio-economic conditions in many zones of West Africa are rapidly changing. The outcomes are unstable governments and unprecedented variability of weather conditions that adversely affect millions of farmers, many of whom already face food insecurity on a regular basis. When conflict meets disaster, having access to good quality seeds that will provide food […]
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SD=HS Newsletter | April 2023
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Develop while protecting and protect while developing: The Story of Ruixiang Ru
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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Empowering other women farmers: Teresa Carrillo’s story in Guatemala
By Sahira Tello, ASOCUCH 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. Teresa Carrillo Cruz, 51 years old, lives in the community of Villa Alicia, in the municipality of Todos Santos Cuchumatán Huehuetenango. She […]
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SD=HS Newsletter | February 2023
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Crop diversity for Food security in West Africa
A partnership initiative between CIMMYT, ICRISAT WCA and OXFAM Background Environmental and socio-economic conditions in many zones of West Africa are rapidly changing. Unstable governments and unprecedented variability of weather conditions are affecting millions of farmers, who are already facing food insecurity on a regular basis. Government services, financial services, input supplies are all compromised […]
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SD=HS Newsletter | January 2023
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Building Bridges between Practitioners and Academics
“It is one of the most interesting courses I ever took because it brought scholars and practitioners together and allowed them to interact with grassroots cases.” –Yiching Song, Farmer Seed Network in China This blog looks at the experience seven SD=HS colleagues who presented some of the case studied as ground for group work, to […]
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From the Fields to the Classroom: Joseph Mwitumwa’s reflections
Joseph Mwitumwa is a Seed Production and Marketing Officer with Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) Zambia. Together with six colleagues from different countries, he participated in the Smallholder Engagement in Seed Systems course held at Wageningen University and developed in partnership with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, the Production Ecology & Resource Conservation and Oxfam Novib through […]
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John Tigere on empowering farmers in Zimbabwe
“Nearly everyone in Zimbabwe is a farmer and even those in towns still have one or two beds of vegetables on their backyards.” John Tigere works with Community Technology Development Trust in Zimbabwe (CTDT). His focus is on farming as a family business and as such he works with Farmer Seeds Enterprises to facilitate the commercialization of […]
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“Stay rooted in the reality on the ground” Yiching Song’s advice to work on seed systems
“I am crazy about seeds, and I consider supporting farmers and farmers seed systems my life mission.” Since 2000, Yiching Song has been aiming to link farmer seed systems and the formal system. In 2013, she established the Farmers’ Seed Network in China (FSN) to work through Farmer Field Schools and engaged farmers through Community […]
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Breaking Barriers: Juliet Nangamba’s Journey
“It is fascinating to make the connections between climate change, seeds systems, food systems, livelihoods, women, land, and indigenous knowledge surrounding seeds, and how they impact aspects of culture, traditions and life.” Juliet Nangamba works as a programmes manager with Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) Zambia. She focuses on seed and food systems projects and […]
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SD=HS colleagues participating in Wageningen University course
Over the weekend of 21 and 22 January, seven colleagues arrived in the Netherlands to participate in a course titled “Smallholder engagement in Seed Systems” at Wageningen University. We extend them a very warm welcome! The course was developed in a consortium with Wageningen University & Research, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, the Production Ecology […]
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Strengths and weaknesses of organized crop seed production by smallholder farmer: A five-country case study
By B Dey , B Visser, HQ Tin, A Mahamadou Laouali, N Baba Toure Mahamadou, C Nkhoma, S Alonzo Recinos, C Opiyo and S Bragdon. In many countries, smallholder farmers play a key role in food crop seed production. So far, the community roles, operational structures, seed production efficiency, aspects of sustainability, and the social […]
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Strengthening action in supporting climate resilient communities through peer-to-peer knowledge exchange
By Connie Formson, SD=HS Lead, Farmer Seed Enterprises “Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead Perhaps one of the most profound experiences is the sharing of knowledge, ideas, and information among peers. During the week of 12-16 September 2022, […]
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Strengthening action in supporting climate resilient communities through peer-to-peer knowledge exchange
By Connie Formson, SD=HS Lead, Farmer Seed Enterprises “Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~ Margaret Mead Perhaps one of the most profound experiences is the sharing of knowledge, ideas, and information among peers. During the week of 12-16 September 2022, […]