Public organization “Zan va Zamin”(Women and the Earth)
The main goal of the initiative is to promote the conservation of rare valuable local varieties of agricultural plants and the development of local seed production for food by supporting and strengthening 3 established community seed banks and increasing the capacity of women seed keepers in the communities of Muminabad, Khovaling and Hamadoni districts of Khatlon region.
400 people trained on the conservation of local varieties of agricultural plants, the necessity to develop local seed systems and the importance of creating community seed banks in pilot jamaats.
A booklet will be prepared on the importance of conserving traditional seeds and one guide to creating a “Community Based Seed Bank” in Tajik (200 copies) for facilitators and seed custodians will be prepared and published.
