SEEDGUARD
Seed Guardians for Biodiversity, Agrobiodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Climate Adaptation
The global decrease in plant genetic resources, particularly in the Black Sea region, is causing a significant loss of traditional local, authentic, and old vegetable varieties. These vegetables are losing their battle to industrially produced ones, despite their daily demand and preference for market products. To address this issue, some countries are creating local community seed collections (CSCs) and community seed banks (CSBs) to store seeds of old local traditional vegetables for reproduction and expansion. The project aims to establish CSCs on pilot territories with the potential to become CSBs.
Project file
Country:
Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Türkiye
Call:
First call for SMALL SCALE projects
Priority:
02 - Clean and Green Region
Specific objective:
RSO2.7 - Enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution
Start date:
11 July 2024
Status ongoing
End date:
10 January 2026
Total budget:
489.048,00 €
Interreg funds:
440.143,20 €
4 organisations cooperating across borders
1 jointly developed solution
2 public events jointly organised
1 pilot action