CROPS4HD collaborators from Niger, Chad and Switzerland have travelled to Colombia to get inspiration from 15 years of experience with community seed banks.
Category Archives: Supply
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.
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.
Kickoff visit in India
Partner’s orientation and planning workshop for the CROPS4HD project was held in the first week of August this year. This meeting brought all the project coordination and implementation together to build a shared understanding of the roles, functions, and responsibilities for the inception and main phase.
Kickoff visit in Niger
CROPS4HD Niger started its activities in July 2021 with a workshop on 22 September with the project supervision team. The launch took place in the Dogondoutchi prefecture in the presence of the prefect and the coordination body of technical services.
Kickoff visit in Chad
In Chad, the introduction phase of the project took place from 2021 September 11 – 17. All CROP4HD consortium members met in Ndjamena, the capital of the country during this period.
Kickoff visit in Tanzania
In Tanzania, the project started in July 2021 with a field visit by the consortium members. The first objective was to define how and in which regions and districts the CROPS4HD project will focus its action.
CROPS4HD builds climate resilience
The project CROPS4HD promotes neglected and underutilised crops that are more resilient to the impacts of climate change as a strategy for farmers to adapt their production to the new reality of climate change.