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Diversity Field Fora and Seed Fairs

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Applications (why, when & where)

Diversity field fora and seed fairs are a way of valuing farmers’ contributions to conservation and development of crop genetic diversity. A fora or fair is an exchange of information at different levels (villagers, local decision, makers, researchers etc. and encourages an exchange of practices for management and conservation among farmers from different villages and between farmers and researchers (De Santis and Jarvis, Undated).

Brief description

Where in the project cycle is this useful?

Spatial scale

Villagers, local decision makers, researchers

Extractive/non-extractive

Empowering 90-100%

Complexity

Outcomes

  • Leads to better use of diversity by farmers
  • Helps preserve crop biodiversity
  • Encourages community pride and marketing their biodiversity

Strengths

  • Farmers decide and find varieties that best fit their context
  • Farmers can take risks as it is not on their own plot for food production

Drawbacks

  • Depends on what is brought (path dependency)
  • Needs good information management and monitoring

Issues

Resources

Time:

Human resources:

Costing:

Origins and history

Conditions for use and dissemination

None.

Contacts

Paola de Santis
Bioversity International
[p.desantis@cgiar.org]

Learn more about this topic

See Paolo De Santis Agrobiodiversity Platform photostream on Flickr


References

De Santis, P. and Jarvis, D. Undated. Agricultural Biodiversity promoting adaptive capacity within production systems. Bioversity International. Accessed 23 December, 2013 at [[1]]