A process of gathering information about a community’s situation with an emphasis on building up the process of discussion, analysis and planning in the community. In addition to fact-finding, the goal is to facilitate learning and analysis by local women and men. (FAO)
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a Regional Economic Community comprising 16 Member States (2021). (https://www.sadc.int/about-sadc)
All the viable seeds present in the soil or mixed to soil debris constitute the soil seed bank. (http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0103-90161998000500013&script=sci_arttext)
Nemapogon granella (European grain worm or European grain moth) is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family (Tineidae), and therein to the subfamily Nemapogoninae. The caterpillar larvae eat rotting wood in the wild, though they prefer bracket fungi, usually Polyporales. Larvae in association with humans will feed on a variety of dry organic material, such as dried fruit (e.g.bilberries, Vaccinium) and mushrooms, cereal and legume seeds, flour, Topinambur (Helianthus tuberosus) stalks, and even cork (e.g. corks of wine and champagne bottles) and the ergot fungus Claviceps purpurea. (Wikipedia. 2025. Nemapogon granella. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemapogon_granella)
Banks that preserve genetic materials, like seeds, gametes, somatic cells and stem cells, for the conservation of threatened or endangered species. (https://techdetector.de/applications/germplasm-bank)
A method used to initiate seed germination by soaking the seeds in a solution of defined osmotic pressure until they are completely imbibed. (Translated from FAOTERM. https://www.fao.org/faoterm/viewEntry/en/?entryId=72482)
Controlled seed hydration by moistened carriers with high water adsorptive matrix forces. (Khan, A.A., H. Miura, J. Prusinski, S. Ilyas. 1990. Matriconditioning of seeds to improve emergence. Proceedings of the Symposium on Stand Establishment of Horticultural Crops. 4-6 April, 1990. Minneapolis, USA)
