Promoting and Expanding the Sayausí Rural Seed Bank
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open in viewerIn 2021, Tania Peñaloza founded the Sayausí Rural Seed Bank, located in a parish of Cuenca, Ecuador. Today, the seed bank preserves local seed varieties but lacks community engagement that limits its expansion. In collaboration with our sponsor Marisol Peñaloza, we conducted surveys and interviews with Sayausí community members and an NGO. The team designed, produced, and evaluated a pamphlet that showcased local seed varieties, their uses and benefits, and traditional Ecuadorian recipes to help preserve Sayausí’s cultural heritage. To help expand the seed bank, we also produced a pamphlet, a logo, a banner, and a framework for seed bank replication in other parishes. Lastly, the team provided recommendations and areas of future work for the seed bank to help further its community impact.
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- 108261
- E-project-050323-111331
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- 2023
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- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Date created
- 2023-05-03
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- E-project-050323-111331
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- Last modified
- 2023-06-15
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Promoting-and-Expanding-the-Sayausí-Rural-Seed-Bank.pdf | Public | Download | ||
AppendixMSeedBankPamphlet.pdf | Public | Download | ||
AppendixPBanners.pdf | Public | Download | ||
AppendixQLogos.pdf | Public | Download | ||
AppendixRPamphletTemplate.pdf | Public | Download |
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