Creación de un banco de semillas

Las semillas, naturalmente, tienen un lugar en casi cualquier esfuerzo relacionado con el desarrollo agrícola. Las semillas de la mayoría de las plantas alimenticias son pequeñas y, como tales, se transportan más fácilmente y se pueden enviar a distancias más largas que los esquejes vegetativos. Para el agricultor, las semillas representan la promesa de un suministro continuo de alimentos.

Como sucede con cualquier “herramienta,” de desarrollo, sin embargo, las semillas se pueden usar de forma incorrecta. Por ejemplo, la distribución de semillas almacenadas de manera inadecuada que germinan mal podría exponer a los agricultores al riesgo de malas cosechas.

Esta colección se centra en el conocimiento y los sistemas útiles para desarrollar la capacidad de almacenamiento y distribución de semillas.

  1. Almacenamiento de Semillas en Los Trópicos

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    22/3/2016 La producción anual de granos, frijoles secos, y verduras, depende de un suministro confiable de semillas de calidad. Esto es cierto para un agricultor cultivando para alimentar a su familia y también para el trabajador en agricultura que evalúa y cultiva semillas de una especie o variedad nueva...
    Seed Storage Seed Germination Seed Bank

  2. Opciones de empaque al vacío para almacenar semillas

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    7/1/2019 Existen dos categorías amplias de semillas, denominadas recalcitrantes y ortodoxas. La primera debe mantenerse húmeda y sembrarse pronto después de recogida; las frutas de semillas grandes como el mango son ejemplos típicos. El segundo tipo de semillas se trata en este documento. Las semillas...
    Seed Storage Vacuum Sealing Seed Saving Seed Bank Stored seed pests

  3. Secar Semillas Cosechadas para Prepararlas para Alacenamiento

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    1/1/2002 El almacenamiento de semillas es a menudo un problema en los trópicos. Sin embargo, si las semillas se pueden secar adecuadamente, seguirán siendo viables durante un período de tiempo más largo. El gabinete de secado de semillas descrito aquí puede ayudar a mejorar la viabilidad de las semillas...
    Appropriate Techno... Seed Seed Saving Seed Drying

  4. ECHO Asia Research: Local Treatments and Vacuum Sealing as Novel Control Strategies for Stored Seed Pests in the Tropics

    22/3/2017 Seed conservation under tropical climates is a great challenge when usual storage technology is lacking. Seed pests and the loss of seed viability are among the main risks faced by farmers and seed banks. ScientistsLawrence et. al.recently found that vacuum sealing significantly reduces stored...
    Bruchids Vacuum Sealing Lablab Seed Treatment Seed Storage Germplasm Asia

  5. ECHO Asia Impact Center partner spotlight - the Kahelu Center

    The ECHO Asia Impact Center is staffed by the most dedicated and hardworking people! We would like to introduce you to our partner in Myanmar, the Kahelu Center! This partner has done a tremendous job developing an excellent seed banking facility. It is the desire of ECHO Asia to partner with...
    Seed Saving Asia

  6. Constructing an Improved Cold Room for Seed Storage

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    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #27 When planning to construct a “Cold Room” or “Seed Storage Room” for the purpose of preserving seed viability, one must first consider principles for optimum seed storage. InECHO Asia Note 14(July 2012), we shared results from our comparison of vacuum...
    Seed Bank Seed Storage Cooling Asia

  7. Testing Seed Viability Using Simple Germination Tests

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #11 Editor: Abram serves as the Coordinator of SustainabilityResearch and as an Instructor with the InternationalSustainable Development Studies Institute in Chiang Mai. He also assists the ECHO Asia Impact Center as a technicaladvisor. Introduction and...
    Asia

  8. How to Build a Low-Cost ECHO Asia Seed Germination Chamber

    A how-to video describing how to build a low-cost seed germination chamber using local materials in Asia. This research was made possible by a generous gift from Hort CRSP and USAID.
    Seed Saving Seed Germination Germination Asia

  9. Build Your Own Seed Germination Cabinet for Testing Seed Viability

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #8 Editor: Abram serves as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow andInstructor with the International Sustainable DevelopmentStudies Institute in Chiang Mai. He also assists the ECHO AsiaRegional Office as a technical advisor. Introduction and Background Saving your...
    Asia

  10. Tecnologías de almacenamiento de bajo costo

    13/7/2023 Este artículo resume la investigación de ECHO publicada en Experimental Agriculture por Trail et al. (2022).Muchos pequeños productores en las zonas tropicales no cuentan con electricidad ni acceso a equipos para el almacenamiento de semillas bajo condiciones climáticas controladas. Sin embargo,...
    Seed Storage Seed technology Vacuum Sealing Seed Saving

  11. The Value of a Seed: Growing a Network of Community Level Seed Banks in Asia

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 36. As an organization that seeks to equip people with agricultural resources and skills, we often find ourselves coming back to the seed. Again and again we witness the value saving open-pollinated seeds, shedding light on locally adapted and underutilized...
    Seed Bank Asia

  12. Opciones de construcción natural económicas para almacenamiento de semillas implementadas en el sudeste asiático tropical

    1/1/2021 Se implementó un pequeño experimento de investigación a lo largo de 2018 (de enero a diciembre) en el Banco de Semillas de ECHO Asia en Chiang Mai, Tailandia, y fue replicado por uno de los miembros de la Red de Bancos de Semillas Comunitarios de ECHO en Myanmar. Usando frijol lablab - Se...
    Earthbag House Seed Storage

  13. Poster - Low-Cost Natural Building Options for Storing Seeds in Southeast Asia

    20/1/2019 Given the proper facilities necessary to store seeds long-term, whereby low temperature and low humidity are kept stable over time, it is very possible to store most orthodox seeds for several years at a time in the tropics (Harrington, 1972). Unfortunately, implementation and maintenance of the...
    Seed Storage Asia

  14. Bancos de semilla con sacos de tierra

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    29/6/2020 En el trabajo de desarrollo agrícola la conservación de la semilla en un tema de importancia, y ECHO ha publicado muchos artículos sobre varios aspectos de técnicas para el almacenamiento de semilla, tecnologías apropiadas, e intercambio de semillas. ECHOcommunity.org alberga varios recursos...
    earth building Earthbag House Seed Bank Seed Storage

  15. Earthbag House Construction Guide

    This document presents key steps the ECHO Asia staffused to build an Earth Bag Seed Storage House on the new ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center in Thailand.
    Earthbag House earth building

  16. A Snapshot of the ECHO Asia Small Farm Resource Center & Seed Bank

    13/3/2020 This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 41. With a new decade upon us, the ECHO Asia team is pleased to highlight the next chapter in its engagement with the Asia regional network. Many of you are well aware of the goings on of ECHO Asia, but for some it may come as news that we have launched a new...
    Small Farm Develop... Agricultural Exten... Small Farm Resourc... Seed Bank Coolbot

  17. Empaque al Vacío vs. Refrigeración: ¿Cuál es la manera más efectiva de almacenar semillas?

    1/7/2012 Este artículo aparece en ECHO Asia Note #14 Introduccíon Almacenar semillas en el trópico a menudo resulta difícil pues con altas temperaturas y condiciones húmedas, las semillas pierden su capacidad para germinar con rapidez. Existen muchas técnicas para almacenar semillas, desde los estándares...
    Asia

  18. SWISSAID - SWTA 6 - Kitini cha kilimo hai Benki_za mbegu za jamii

    20/11/2019 Benki za mbegu za jamii ni taasisi zisizo rasmi, zinazoongozwa na kusimamiwa na wakulima au serikali za mitaa na vijiji ambayo kazi ya msingi ni kuhifadhi mbegu kwa ajili ya matumizi ya ndani. Benki hizi zinapatikana katika maeneo mengi duniani na zimekuwepo kwa miaka mingi zikiwa na lengo la...
    East Africa

  19. Temas Relativos a la Introduccion de Nuevas Semillas en el Extranjero

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    21/1/2000 Usualmente los norteamericanos no tienen idea de cuan diferente puede ser la horticultura en el trópico. Personalmente experimenté algo de este fenómeno cuando me mudé de Ohio en 1981 para convertirme en Director de ECHO. Yo ya había comprado semillas para mi jardín en Ohio cuando surgió la...
    Vegetables Seed Sources Seed Selection Gardening Seeds

  20. Protection of Plant Genetic Resources

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    1/1/1998 The first section of this note focuses in on a new technology, called the ‘technology protection system’ by its developers and ‘terminator technology’ by its opponents. This technology illustrates the potential for patents to impact society at the fundamental level of food production. The...
    Plant Genetics Plant Protection Property Rights

  21. Building the Bank

    A community seed bank can compare favourably with its High-Tech cousin.
    Seed Bank

  22. Seed Saving in the Tropics: Lessons Learned from the Network

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #28 For both farmers and researchers in the tropics, seed saving can be very frustrating. In Mondulkiri province, farmers are rarely able to keep seed for more than the six months between harvest and the new planting season. Seeds stored longer than this tend...
    Asia

  23. Community Seed Banks: Concept and Practice - Facilitator Handbook (Updated Version)

    20/1/2020 Over three decades, a number of international and national organizations have provided technical and financial support to community seed banks around the world. Only a few of these organizations have developed and published a practical guide about how they have offered this support. This...

  24. Developing Community Seed Banking Practices through Low-Cost Appropriate Technology Use

    This article by ECHO Asia Staff membersPatrick Trail, Yuwadee Danmalidoi, and Boonsong Thansrithong, appeared in ARI's'Eudoo' Journal of Rural Future Study(May, 2021) A number of motivations exist for saving seed at the community level, including crop biodiversity preservation, food sovereignty...

  25. Preventing Insect Damage of Stored Seed Using Low-Cost Control Options

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    This article is from ECHO Asia Note # 37. Seed saving in sub-tropical and tropical climates is challenging. Without equipment designed to maintain dry and cool environments, the quality of seeds may quickly deteriorate. High temperature and humidity during storage increase seed metabolism and...
    Seed Storage Bruchids Pest Control

  26. SWISSAID - SWTA 7 - Quality Declared Seeds (QDS)

    20/11/2019 Mbegu ni sehem ya mmea ambayo hutumika kuzalisha/kuotesha mmea mwingine, yaweza kuwa ni zao la ua au sehem ya mmea iliyokomaa na kuwa tayari kuendelea kuoteshwa tena, mfano vipando vya muhogo Mbegu ni mojawapo ya pembejeo muhimu katika kilimo. Mbegu za daraja la kuazimiwa ubora (QDS) ni mojawapo...
    East Africa

  27. Sellador al vacío de bomba de bicicleta para almacenamiento de semillas

    20/1/2015 El almacenamiento de las semillas en el trópico a menudo puede resultar difícil; con altas temperaturas y condiciones húmedas, las semillas pierden su capacidad de germinar rápidamente. Existen muchas técnicas de almacenamiento, desde los estándares de alta tecnología de los bancos genéticos...
    Seed Storage Seed Bank Bicycle Pump

  28. A Low-Cost Germination Chamber in Earthbag House Seed Bank in NE Cambodia

    ECHO Asia, in collaboration with Ntuk Nti small farm resource center and International Cooperation Cambodia (ICC), has just finished a 1-year research project (funded by the Presbyterian Hunger Program- USA) to identify key indigenous vegetable crop species in NE Cambodia and strengthen the seed...
    Seed Bank Germination Seed Germination Seeds Viability Research Appropriate Techni... Earthbag House Asia

  29. Seed Cleaning and Seed Germination Testing poster

    Recurso clave 1/10/2019 Seed saving is an important pratice for small-scale farmers. Each crop is unique, and therefore each seed needs to be cleaned in a different way. In this workshop, Khun Wah will share her years of experience cleaning and saving seed of underutilized edible crop varieties that are important to SE...
    Seed Germination Cleaning Seeds ECHO Resources Asia

  30. Creating a Seed Bank

    This group pageexists so that individuals involved in Creating Seed Banksaround the world can connect. We encourage you to share the challenges you face in your endeavors, discuss lessons and techniques learned through your experiences, and share your story!
    Seed Bank

  31. Seed Banking & Saving

    24/5/2017 This presentation discusses the importance and benefits of seed saving the advantages of good seeds how to identify and collect good seed principles of harvesting seed seed propagation seed cleaning ... and many other things!
    Seed Bank Seed Saving Asia

  32. Community Seed Banking

    6/10/2015 Speaker Bio:Bhuwon Sthapit is the Senior Scientist at Bioversity International. He earned a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from the University of Wales, UK, and is a pioneer in participatory crop improvement methods. He has over 30 years of experience in implementing biodiversity related projects in...
    Seed Bank Asia

  33. Ferias de Semillas: Fomentando Intercambio Local de Semillas para Apoyar la Biodiversidad Regional

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    1/6/2014 Cuando encuentras una variedad de un cultivo especialmente prometedor en tu área, ¿cómo puedes ayudar a otros agricultores a intentar con la variedad? Si un agricultor le da 30 semillas de una variedad excepcional, ¿cómo las puede distribuir? ¿Cómo fluyen las semillas adentro de y entre las...
    Biodiversity Seed Fair Seed Exchange Seed Systems Seed industry and ...

  34. Syringe Vacuum Pump: An Appropriate Technology for Seed Saving Which is Suitable for Smallholder Farmer

    Vacuum-sealing seeds is highly effective, but the technology to do it is often out of the reach of small-scale farmers. This one dollar solution can help small-scale farmers store seeds more reliably, improving seed viability and reducing loss. This research was done in Cambodia as part of "Seeds...
    Asia

  35. Perlas de Arcilla para Secar y Conservar Semillas

    2/10/2023 Este artículo resume el trabajo hecho por ECHO en Florida orientado a desarrollar un método para que pequeños productores y bancos de semillas comunitarios elaboren su propio desecante para secar y conservar semillas.
    Desiccants Seed Drying

  36. Arroz secado en horno como desecante para secar semillas

    1/1/2024 Durante siglos hemos sabido que el arroz absorbe el agua a altas temperaturas. De hecho todos utilizamos este principio cuando lo cocinamos. Sin embargo existe un creciente interés en el uso de arroz como desecante.
    Seed Drying Desiccants

  37. The Cycle of Refinement: Seed Saving Idea Sharing

    26/9/2016 Mike McMahon of the Charis Teaching Farm, recently contacted us about an experiment to try to adapt the CO2 seed saving technique presented in AN28 to verify if it could work for his context. Mike and his team conducted an experiment building and utilizing a root cellar at the Charis Farm in Tak...
    Seed Saving Seed Storage Asia

  38. Best Practices for Saving Seeds, A Small Farmer Coping Strategy for Self-Reliance in Conflict Areas

    4/11/2015
    East Africa

  39. Community Seed Banks Origins, Evolution and Prospects

    1/1/2015 Despite 25 years of history and the rapid growth in number, organizational diversity and geographical coverage of community seed banks, recognition of their roles and contributions has remained scanty. This book reviews their history, evolution, experiences, successes and failures, challenges and...
    Germplasm Resource... Community Seed Banks

  40. How to Develop and Manage Your Own Community Seed Bank: Farmers’ Handbook (Updated Version)

    20/1/2020 This handbook is a companion to Vernooy, R., Sthapit, B. and Bessette, G. (2020). Community seed banks: concept and practice. Facilitator handbook (updated version). Bioversity International, Rome, Italy (https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81286). The three booklets making up this handbook were written...

  41. Millennium Seed Bank Resources

    The Millennium Seed Bank has published a number of more detailed technical guides to various aspects of our work. Technical Information Sheets A collection of technical information sheets produced by Millennium Seed Bank staff, covering various aspects of seed conservation practices and...
    Seed Bank Seeds Library Digital Resource

  42. Comparison of Appropriate Tropical Seed Storage Techniques for Germplasm Conservation in Mountainous Sub-Tropical Climates with Resource Constraints

    Experimental Agriculture Croft, M., Bicksler, A., Manson, J., & Burnette, R. (2013). COMPARISON OF APPROPRIATE TROPICAL SEED STORAGE TECHNIQUES FOR GERMPLASM CONSERVATION IN MOUNTAINOUS SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATES WITH RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. Experimental Agriculture, 49(02), 279-294. Summary...
    Seed Bank Seed Systems Vacuum Sealing

  43. Seed Economics Intensive Part 1: Inventory Management

    This presentation on inventory management in organic seed production by Tessa Peters of the Organic Seed Alliance was recorded at the Seed Economics Intensive of the Organic Seed Growers Conference on February 14, 2018. Additional recordings from this Intensive and the Conference will be...

  44. Seed Economics Intensive Part 2: Choosing a Scale and Marketing

    This recording is from the Seed Economics Intensive at the 2018 Organic Seed Growers Conference on February 14, 2018. The presenters are Sarah Kleeger of Adaptive Seeds (retail), and Sebastian Aguilar of Chickadee Farm (wholesale). More recordings from this intensive and the conference are...

  45. Seed Economics Intensive Part 3: Working with Companies

    This presentation was recorded at the Seed Economics Intensive at the Organic Seed Growers Conference on February 14, 2018. The presenters are Ira Wallace of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Pete Zuck of Johnny's Selected Seeds, and Tom Stearns of High Mowing Organic Seed. More recordings are...

  46. Seed Economic Intensive Part 4: Enterprise Budgets

    This presentation was recorded live on February 14, 2018 as part of the Seed Economics Intensive at the Organic Seed Growers Conference. In this presentation, Travis Greenwalt of Highland Economics discusses a new tool he created in partnership with the Organic Seed Alliance which you can use for...

  47. Seed Economics Intensive Part 5: Tracking Labor

    This presentation by Tanya Murray of Oregon Tilth was recorded at the Seed Economics Intensive at the 2018 Organic Seed Growers Conference on February 14, 2018. Learn how to track labor on your farm. More recordings from the Seed Economics Intensive, the conference, and past Organic Seed Growers...

  48. Seed Economics Intensive Part 6: Farmer Examples

    This presentation was recorded live at the Organic Seed Growers Conference on February 14, 2018 and is part of the Seed Economics Intensive. Presenters: Sarah Kleeger, Adaptive Seeds; Sam McCullough, Nash's Organic Produce; Sebastian Aguilar, Chickadee Farm, joined by Tom Stearns of High Mowing...

  49. SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary) Plant Health Distance Learning Modules

    Does unsafe food threaten public health in your country? Is the food you eat at risk of contamination? Or, perhaps, has your shipment of agricultural goods been held at the port of entry because of a potential cargo pest infestation? The sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) plant health distance...
    Seed Systems Phytosanitary Plant Health

  50. The Crop Genebank Knowledge Base

    This is an in-depth report of the factors to be taken into consideration when designing seed storage facilities for genetic conservation.

  51. Integrated Seed Sector Development

    ISSD aims to strengthen different seed systems in a country; supporting the development of a vibrant, pluralistic, and market-oriented seed sector. By cultivating an enabling environment for innovation and the coexistence of different seed systems, a wider range of farmers and seed entrepreneurs...

  52. The Improved Seed Storage Project

    CRS MercyCorps GOAL USAID 2014 Seed is the foundation for the production of cereals and grain legumes that underpins farm family food security and income across Africa and Asia. Throughout Africa, in particular, farmers themselves produce an estimated 80–100% of the seed of both local and...
    Seed Storage

  53. Rethinking the Approach to Viability Monitoring in Seed Genebanks

    Abstract -Conservation Physiology Seed viability monitoring, usually through a germination test, is a key aspect of genebank management; a low viability result triggers the regeneration of an accession in order to ensure that the genetic diversity of the accession is conserved and available for...
    Seed Bank Seed Storage

  54. Factores a considerar al seleccionar una variedad de gandul

    20/1/2021 El gandul (Cajanus cajan) es una leguminosa multiuso muy adecuada para la agricultura de secano en zonas cálidas y secas. Las plantas de gandules crecen como arbustos erguidos (1-4 m de altura) (Figura 2) que pueden vivir hasta cinco años, aunque el gandul usualmente se cultiva para uno o dos...
    Pigeon Pea Varietal Selection

  55. Community Seedbank Training: Handbooks for Facilitators and Farmers

    published in 2017 and updated in 2020 The handbook is structured into nine modules and promotes aparticipatory learning approach, where facilitators and learners interact actively, make use of their experience, and learn together, drawing on practical case studies to enrich their understanding...

  56. Center for Plant Conservation

    A Brain Trust For Protecting Plants CPC is a network of over 70 plant institutions that brings together data, scientific prowess, and applied conservation experience to advance work that saves plants. This brain trust of plant conservation experts has four decades of experience in synthesizing...

  57. Center for Plant Conservation - Seed Banking

    Key Messages about Conventional Seed Banking Seed banking rare plant species is an important way to safeguardgenetic diversitylong-term. The best conservation collections will capture diversity of 50 mother plants into separate packages such that as many as 3000 seeds from each of fivepopulations...

  58. Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation via in vitro culture

    20/1/2022 FAO. 2022.Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: Conservation via in vitro culture. Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome. FAO has developed the "Practical guide for the application of the...

  59. Normas para bancos de germoplasma de recursos fitogenéticos para la alimentación y la agricultura

    20/1/2013 FAO. 2014. Normas para bancos de germoplasma de recursos fitogenéticos para la alimentación y la agricultura. Edición revisada. Roma. Los bancos de germoplasma bien gestionados salvaguardan la diversidad genética y la ponen a disposición de los fitomejoradores. En las Normas para bancos de...

  60. Oxfam’s Experiences with Supporting Community Seed Banks to Enhance Local Seed Security

    Community Seed Banks in Nepal: Past, Present, Future, 2012, Oxfam, Nepal, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, Corresponding email: skhadka@oxfam.org.uk Availability and use of quality seeds can play an important role in increasing agricultural production and productivity thereby contributing to improved...

  61. Community Seed Banks - A Practical Guide for Small-scale Farmers

    ESAFF Uganda (2022). Community Seed Banks, A practical Guide for Small-scale Farmers. This guide was developed to provide comprehensive, easy to use guidelines for small scale farmers who are interested in establishing a community seed bank. The guide collects information and experiences from...

  62. Farmer-Led Seed Production: Community Seed Banks Enter the National Seed Market

    Vernooy, R.; Rana, J.; Otieno, G.; Mbozi, H.; Shrestha, P. Farmer-Led Seed Production: Community Seed Banks Enter the National Seed Market. Seeds 2022, 1, 164–180. https://doi.org/10.3390/ seeds1030015 Abstract: Smallholder farmers around the world obtain their seed from various sources, which...

  63. Community Seed Bank: Beyond Preservation And Conservation

    Seeds, one of the basic inputs of agriculture, play a fundamental role in meeting multiple challenges related to food and nutrition security, vulnerability to climate change and eroding natural resources, livelihood security of farmers especially small and marginal, and the faltering local...

  64. Technical manual series on Community Seed Banks

    The DYNAVERSITY project was funded by the EU and ended in April, 2021. There were a number of great outcomes that were preserved (for now) on their website. Conserving germplasm in community seed banks is important for making certain plant varieties and mixtures that are not easily available on...

  65. Advancing Global Seed Banking Through Capacitating a Network of Seed Savers

    25/2/2025 This presentation highlights the history of ECHO East Africa's Seedbank, ECHO's Strategic Seedbanking Goal, and much more!

  66. Opciones para bancos de semillas comunitarios

    1/9/2024 Community Seed Bank Options es la recopilación de muchos experimentos, documentos, ideas, tecnologías y experiencias individuales ofrecidos a lo largo de varios años por personas que trabajan para promover las mejores prácticas en bancos de semillas comunitarios, en el almacenamiento de semillas...
    Seed Saving Seed Bank Community Seed Banks Seed Systems