08 · Living PEACE Village
Seed Bank
Living systems
A living collection of locally adapted seeds supporting biodiversity, food security and resilient community growing.
What this experience reveals
From an idea to a lived experience.
Assalam's Seed Bank conserves local plant species to promote biodiversity and food security. Native seeds adapted to Zanzibar's climate are grown into seedlings for food forests and community gardens.
- Local seed conservation
- Climate-adapted plants
- Food security
- Community gardens
Published record
Each figure keeps its own scope so programme totals, site facts and future ambitions are not confused.
- Local
- Plant diversity preserved and propagated
- Qualitative programme description
Evidence noteSpecies counts, germination rates and distribution figures will be published after the Seed Bank register is approved.
Inside this experience
Knowledge made visible.
Three ways this part of the village connects inherited knowledge, practical learning and community life.
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Preserving local plant diversity
From seed to shared landscape.
The Seed Bank protects locally relevant plant diversity while making that knowledge available through practical growing.
Seedlings raised here can move into food forests and community gardens, connecting conservation to everyday resilience.
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