Event
PhD Oral Defense: Building Seed Sustaining Households: Defining Seed Security Through Informal Seed Systems and Intraspecific Diversity on Semi-Arid, Resource Poor Farms in Kenya
Monday, March 30, 2015 14:15
Macdonald-Stewart Building
MS2-022, 21111 Lakeshore Road, St Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, CA
PhD Oral Defense of Megan Dilbone, Department of Plant Science
In resource poor farming systems, particularly those subject to environmental stress, agrobiodiversity is an important aspect of local livelihoods, food security, and seed security. Seed security refers to a farmer’s ability to access and utilize available seed that is of good physiological quality and appropriate for local ecological and social contexts. The objectives of this thesis focus on understanding how access to different types of crops and varieties, through informal and formal seed systems, can contribute to reversing chronic household seed insecurity and support food production in semi-arid Kenya.