Seed Governance: From Seed Aid to Seed System Security in Fragile Areas
Publisher: Cordaid
Author(s): Edith Boekraad
Date: 2014
Topics: Humanitarian Assistance, Livelihoods, Renewable Resources
Intergovernmental agencies and development organizations, including Cordaid, consider interventions directed at seed security of utmost importance to support smallholders recovering from conflict situations and disasters, and to contribute to revitalisation of local agricultural production and food security. There is, however, considerable debate about the most appropriate type and strategic level of intervention to enhance smallholders’ seed security in conflict and post-conflict areas. Given the co-existence of different types of interventions and agencies directed at providing seed security, the governance of seed security has become very relevant, questioning what collaborative arrangements between government, business and civil society can help to effectively address seed insecurity.