Seed Bank for indigenous sub-Saharan plant & crop species
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Date
2021-10
Authors
Du Preez, Phillip
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University of the Free State
Abstract
The proposed design aims to create a Seed Bank for indigenous sub-Saharan
plant and crop species that will be located on the outskirts of Bloemfontein,
Free State. This facility integrates on-site preservation processes in parallel
with research on the preservation of seeds.
The Seed Bank will function as a proactive catalyst for combatting climate change,
food shortages, natural and made disasters pertaining to agriculture. It will be a point
of exchange where the farmer can contribute seed samples and also have access
to alternative seed species and research that can increase yield and preserve soil
integrity. The facility is a statement of the importance that seed biodiversity holds for
the survival of future generations that is in dire need of food security. Furthermore,
the greenhouses will ensure the education and viability that non-indigenous plant
species could contain as growing conditions will be simulated within a controlled
environment. Local plant and crop species will be planted on large scales so to
continuously retrieve new seed samples.
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Seed preservation, Bio-diversity, Critical Regionalism, Landscape, Agriculture, Dissertation (M.Arch. (Architecture))--University of the Free State, 2021, Soil seed banks -- South Africa -- Bloemfontein, Greenhouses -- South Africa -- Bloemfontein -- Design and plans