In Niger, CROPS4HD actors participated to the 6th edition of the National Forum for Women’s and Youth’s Empowerment taking place in Dosso in October 2022. It was an opportunity to present the Participatory Market Chain Approach.
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Visit in Colombia : knowledge exchange
CROPS4HD collaborators from Niger, Chad and Switzerland have travelled to Colombia to get inspiration from 15 years of experience with community seed banks.
Side event to CFS 50 co-organized by CROPS4HD partners
On October 12, 2022, IPES-Food, SWISSAID, the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, AFSA, Agroecology Coalition and Biovision jointly organized a side event at the 50th meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS).
Nane Nane Day: farmer’s exhibition week in Tanzania
A one-week fair, the Agricultural Exhibition, took place in various locations in Tanzania in August 2022. Farmers and other agricultural stakeholders used the opportunity to share their concrete activities and inputs on the agricultural sector with the general public.
Participatory Varietal Selection in India: research and process in Karnataka
In India, the first Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) training supervised by experts from FiBL, and jointly organized by FiBL, SWISSAID and Sahaja Samrudha, took place in Mysore, Karnataka on amaranth crop in June 2022.
Creation of synergies in Chad : PMCA event
During the first half year of 2022 the four CROPS4HD countries have successfully established the launch of their first Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA) event. In Chad, this first event took place on the 18th of June in N’Djamena.
FiBL’s technical and scientific support in Niger
In May 2022, the Nigerien team received valuable technical and scientific support from FiBL. The support focused on capacity building, exchanges with local partners, and launching the NUS collection. Discussions led to significant decisions and triggered the implementation of participatory research activities.
Strengthening awareness, availability and practices of NUS in West Bengal, India
During the month of May 2022, several activities to promote NUS took place in India among the farmers as well as the general public.
Reinforcement of peasant seed systems dynamics in Chad
Between the 28th and 31st of March 2022 was held the Planning and Capacity-building Workshop for Farmers’ Organizations in Advocacy for the Promotion of Peasant Seed Systems (PSS) in the Province of Mayo-Kebbi, Chad.
Visit in Tanzania : knowledge exchange
In March 2022, the Tanzania team brought together CROPS4HD project representatives from Niger and Chad as well as several experts from FiBL and SDC to exchange knowledge and learn about the project’s progress at this stage.