Towards effective and sustainable seed relief activities

	FAO PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION PAPER 181 Towards Effective and Sustainable Seed Relief Activities Report of the Workshop on Effective and Sustainable Seed Relief Activities Rome, 26-28 May 2003 Edited by Louise Sperling International Center for Tropical Agriculture Rome, Italy Thomas Osborn FAO Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service Rome, Italy and David Cooper Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Montreal, Canada


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Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Acronyms

Executive summary

Introduction

Background and overview

UNDERSTANDING SEED SYSTEMS AND STRENGTHENING SEED SECURITY: A BACKGROUND PAPER - Louise Sperling and H. David Cooper
SHOCKS AND RESPONSE MODEL - Erminio Sacco
SUMMARY TABLES: SEED RELIEF INTERVENTIONS AND TOOLS AND GUIDANCE

Case studies

IMPROVING EMERGENCY SEED RELIEF IN KENYA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIRECT SEED DISTRIBUTION AND SEED VOUCHERS AND FAIRS- Paul A Omanga and Paul Rossiter
RETHINKING SEED RELIEF INTERVENTIONS: AN ETHIOPIAN CASE STUDY - George K. Mburathi, Christel Bultman, Felix Mathenge, Osman Ibrahim
FAO EMERGENCY COORDINATION UNIT IN BURUNDI: AN OVERVIEW - Jean Alexandre Scaglia
PLACING THE FARMING FAMILY AT THE CENTRE OF THE SEED DEMAND PROCESS: CRS BURUNDI'S EXPERIENCE WITH SEED VOUCHERS AND FAIRS IN KIRUNDO PROVINCE - Stephen Walsh, Bonaventure Ngendahayo and Christophe Droeven
SEED RELIEF IN MOZAMBIQUE: A REVIEW OF RECENT INTERVENTIONS - Carlos Dominguez, Sérgio Gouveia, Joaquim Cuna, Stefano Gasparini and Birte Hald

Discussion

WORKING GROUPS AND PLENARY DISCUSSIONS: MAJOR THEMES

Annexes

1. AGENDA
2. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

FAO technical papers

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