The Brazilian context is characterised by a massive and widespread presence of commercial seeds, the only source of most farmers; exceptions are small decapitalised farmers 1, who keep the seeds from harvest…
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Landraces fair boosts quilombola peasants union
Translated from the news appeared on the Instituto Socioambiental website. The Feira de Troca de Sementes e Mudas Tradicionais [Fair of Landraces Exchange] presented this year more than 100 etnovarieties of landraces…
IV Vale do Ribeira’s Research Seminar
Presenting two posters at the IV Seminário de Pesquisa do Vale do Ribeira: Fanelli, Luca; Pasinato, Raquel. Sementes tradicionais em comunidades quilombolas do Vale do Ribeira (SP) [Landraces in quilombola villages of…
Tradicional seeds
Tradicional seeds of the quilombolas villages of the Ribeira valley. André Lopes village, Eldorado, São Paulo state, Brazil. 2008. Author: Luca Fanelli