The conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in South Sudan and Uganda in context
This brief offers a synthesis of the macro-level baseline survey results on the policy, institutional, and technical context for targeting the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture South Sudan and Uganda. It is based on input received from seed sector stakeholders and a review of secondary.
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The conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture in South Sudan and Uganda in context
This brief offers a synthesis of the macro-level baseline survey results on the policy, institutional, and technical context for targeting the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture South Sudan and Uganda. It is based on input received from seed sector stakeholders and a review of secondary.
The survey is part of our project supported by the Benefit Sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The project emphasizes South-South learning and includes livelihood diversification and value addition, sustainable use of crop diversity, seed system assessment, and seed system resilience building. The project is implemented in Lamwo and Obongi districts in Northern Uganda, where the Palabek and Palorinya Refugee Settlement camps are located hosting populations of 75,000 and 122,000 refugees respectively, the large majority from South Sudan. In South Sudan, four Uganda bordering counties in Eastern Equatoria State, are included: Nimule, Ikwoto, Kapeota South, and Magwi. These sites were selected based on agricultural potential, population densities, accessibility, security conditions, and connections with Uganda. The map depicts the sites.