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Philippines: Seed library to open in Tublay

The Benguet Association of Seed Savers (Bass), a new organization of smallholder, organic farmers, is set to open the province's first Seed Library on May 13. Jeffrey Sotero, Tublay municipal agriculturist, said the project is a private-public partnership between the municipality and the Friends of ENCA, a non-government organization.

The library is located at the Municipal Agriculture Office and holds a collection of non-hybrid seeds produced on the organic farms of Bass members.

Sotero said there is an initial 10 vegetable seeds available and will eventually have fruits, wheat and grains in the library which will be open to the public to enjoy.

Bass aims to save, replant, and share their own seeds just as their ancestors did, while also benefiting from new, ecologically sound technologies.

Read more at SunStar