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Commenced:
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01/01/1987 |
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Submitted:
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03/08/2011 |
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Last updated:
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07/10/2015 |
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Location:
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96 Kotare Road, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, NZ |
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+64 6 8386269 |
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www.koanga.org.nz |
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Climate zone:
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Mediterranean |
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Project: PRI New Zealand (Koanga Institute)
Posted by Kay Baxter over 9 years ago
Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
This will be one week (mostly) in the classroom and one week in the gardens harvesting seed and processing it. This Internship has been designed so that anybody anywhere in the world could come and learn and take the information and skills home and set up a local Seed Bank or Business.
COURSE OUTLINE
Genetic Strength and Biodiversity
- Where do we begin in choosing seeds
- Plant guilds
- Open pollination, hybrids and GE
- Heritage seeds
- Local adaptation
- Planning for climate change
Nutrient Dense Food, Strong Seeds
- Getting the minerals back into the right relationships
- Supporting microbiology
- Managing nutrient cycles
- Growing soils – addressing the carbon cycle
- Testing and analysis
- Techniques for long term self sufficiency in the garden
Seed Production
- Saving true seed, keeping varieties pure
- Timing and planning
- Perennials and vegetative reproduction
- Strengthening genetics
- Determining selection
Seed Processing
-Harvesting
- Cleaning and drying seed.
- Appropriate low tech storage techniques
- Records, and labeling
Storage and Future Use
- Adaptation and environment
- Accession numbers
- Insurance seeds
- Community seed banks
- Seed exchange and networking
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