Seed Savers Network: project: Index

Madre Selva Permaculture Centre: About: Report no 5. from seed and permaculture volunteers inEcuador

July 2001

Green Foundation: Home: The GREEN (Genetic Resources, Ecology, Energy & Nutrition) Foundation works with farmers to save, multiply and conserve the lost agricultural diversity of the drylands region of southern India.
Indigenous agricultural practices and crops offer small and marginal farmers high productivity, diversity and security against crop failures due to drought or pests.

Pro-People Village Development Foundation: About: The Pro-People Village Development Foundation has worked in a diverse range of ways to help farmers preserve traditional varieties.
Pro-People Village Development Foundation: Home: Balasaheb travelled from his farm in Pathri in the Parbhani District of East Maharashtra (800km) for a meeting of seed savers with Jude from Seed Savers' Network at the Academy of Development Science near Bombay in June.

Japan Seed Savers: About: Jude and Michel toured Japan for a month in July 2000 meeting people interested in starting grass roots seed organisations.
Japan Seed Savers: Home: As a result of a tour by Jude and Michel Fanton of The Seed Savers' Network, a national group of seed savers has been formed in Japan.

Planting Materials Network: About: The Planting Material Network central link gardens has become a training centre for young students from vocational training centres.
Planting Materials Network: FAQs: What happens at a provincial seed centre?
Planting Materials Network: Home: Over its five years, the PMN has recorded, multiplied and distributed hundreds of local varieties of vegetable seeds and staple crops such as yams and taros. The Department of Agriculture has allocated funds to the PMN and offered the use of four of its provincial training centres.