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The Seed Savers' Network, provided the first workshops that created the interest to get the PMN started in 1996. Emma Stone was trained at the Seed Savers' Network and later assisted the PMN.
Seed Savers directors, June and Michel Fanton, have attended PMN conferences in the Solomons and provided training to the PMN's Mary Timothy (now based on Kolombangara) and Gwendolyn Patakaka (Sasamuqa village, Choiseul Province).
Mary and Gwendolyn carry out germination testing at the Solomon Islands Planting Material Network garden
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The Seed Savers' Network provides:
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educational programmes for the preservation of open-pollinated (non-hybrid) seeds and the genetic diversity of plant varieties |
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non-profit seed exchange programmes |
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agricultural and horticultural programmes with particular emphasis on the propagation of open-pollinated plant varieties |
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preservation gardens for open-pollinated plant varieties |
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seed banks for non-hybrid plant varieties |
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cientific research relating to the above matters, either alone or in conjunction with a public university or other institution. |
www.seedsavers.net
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