Tag: Community Seed Banks

Awareness, knowledge and capacity building on establishing Community Seed Banks
Biodiversity, Knowledge and Culture

Awareness, knowledge and capacity building on establishing Community Seed Banks

Farida Akhter A training workshop was organised by Zan va Zamin (Women and Earth) and National Republican Centre of Genetic Resources of The Tajik academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tajikistan on awareness, knowledge and capacity building on establishing community seed banks during 21-24 June, 2019 at Sanatorium Shaambari-Saturn, Tajikistan.  (Please read full Report in pdf file) Zan va Zamin is a public organization in Tajikistan operating since 1999 working to guarantee access to the land for the women in rural areas and on preservation of traditional knowledge and agro-biodiversity in the communities of the mountainous region of Tajikistan. Tajikistan is a newly independent country from the Soviet Union. As a mountain region with its peculiar geographical and climatic situa...