LEISA Magazine | 23.2 | June 2007
A secure supply of quality planting material is essential in small scale agriculture. In this issue of the LEISA Magazine we present articles from around the world, in which communities describe how they have used various methods to secure their own seed supply.
Examples include efforts to conserve traditional rice seed in Sri Lanka, farmer’s seed clubs in Vietnam who rehabilitate and select preferred varieties, and how farmers have improved seed potato in Kenya, using very simple methods. You can also read about how farmer managed natural regeneration has transformed Niger, and how farmers in the Philippines ensure they have enough sweet potato vines to plant, despite difficult local conditions.
As a follow-on from our issue on ecological processes, (Issue 22.4) the Field Note is from Iraq, describing some experiences with testing out the system of rice intensification (SRI).