Seeds for Needs project update - helping women farmers in Ethiopia adapt to climate change
16 August 2011 | Permalink [1]
A year into the Seeds for Needs project [2] in Ethiopia, project leader Ehsan Dulloo reports on progress in this short video.
The project has made use of modern GIS technologies to identify the most promising local genebank resources that could help local women farmers adapt to climate change.
The first year focused on working with women farmer groups, extension workers and local genebank managers, growing locally available samples in different test sites and getting feedback from the local farmers.
"The first year has been a good learning experience for us in understanding what women farmers at the three sites of the project value the most among the local varieties we tested. The challenge will be to find the variety that meets the needs of these women that at the same time is able to cope with the changing climates.” said Dulloo.
The next phase of the project will focus on understanding the local seed systems that are in place and how farmers get access to germplasm held in genebanks. Bioversity are also running the Seeds for Needs project in Papua New Guinea.
For more information, contact: 
Ehsan Dulloo [3]
Similar posts:
- Interview on Seeds for Needs in Ethiopia [4]
- Other ways to use agricultural biodiversity to adapt to climate change [5]
- Agricultural biodiversity and climate change [6]
- Genetic diversity for climate change adaptation [7]
- International Landscapes for People, Food and Nature – An international effort to scale up sustainable rural development [8]
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http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/seeds_for_needs_ethiopia.htmlLinks in this page
- [1] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/index.php?id=4794
- [2] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/research/sustainable_agriculture/seeds_for_needs.html
- [3] mailto:e.dulloo@cgiar.org
- [4] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/archived/interview_on_seeds_for_needs_in_ethiopia.html
- [5] http://ccafs.cgiar.org/blog/other-ways-use-agricultural-biodiversity-adapt-climate-change
- [6] http://youtu.be/j1UwZ_o6vgs
- [7] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/genetic_diversity_for_climate_change_adaptation.html
- [8] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/announcements/international_landscapes_for_people_food_and_nature.html
- [9] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/research/sustainable agriculture/
- [10] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/category/announcements
- [11] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/climate change
- [12] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/ethiopia
- [13] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/seeds for needs
- [14] http://www.bioversityinternational.org/browse_by/tag/sustainable agriculture