2.1.18

Principle 2: Sustainable use of biodiversity

Criteria	Guidance	Evidence & Scoring	Importance & Applicability
Criteria 2.1: Criteria 2.1: Practices are adopted to ensure sustainable use of the species cultivated or wild collected, and to prevent or mitigate negative impact on other species 2.1.18 (For cultivation) Purchase of seed and planting material is done through trusted and/or certified organisations	Certified planting material includes seeds and seedlings bought from nurseries and similar with a certificate attached. Trusted providers are farmers, farmer groups, agronomists, seed banks and other relevant organisations that are authorised/recognised in the farming areas as providers of seeds and seedlings, with no evidence of misconduct over the years. Field operators are in charge of identifying appropriate providers and buying trusted/certified planting material. OaS can provide technical, monetary and other types of support to identify and buy adequate planting material when resources at the farm level are not sufficient.	DOCUMENTATION Seeds/seedlings/other planting material packaging showing certificates or other attestations of quality can be used as evidence to assess compliance. Proof of purchase from trusted providers can be used as evidence to assess compliance. INTERVIEWS Conversations with key informants about their sourcing practices for seeds/seedlings/other planting material can be used as evidence. Scoring guidance 0 - Seeds, seedlings and other planting material are not certified and do not come from trusted providers 1 - Providers of certified/trusted seeds, seedlings and other planting material are identified but no purchase has been made from them yet 2 - Seeds, seedlings and other planting material certified or from trusted providers is bought and used for most of the cultivated crops and there is a plan to use it for all cultivated crops 3 - Seeds, seedlings and other planting material certified or from trusted providers is bought and used for all the cultivated crops N/A – in the justification, please explain why	Importance Critical Applicability Cultivation OaS Field operators

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Criteria 2.1: Criteria 2.1: Practices are adopted to ensure sustainable use of the species cultivated or wild collected, and to prevent or mitigate negative impact on other species

2.1.18

(For cultivation) Purchase of seed and planting material is done through trusted and/or certified organisations

Certified planting material includes seeds and seedlings bought from nurseries and similar with a certificate attached. Trusted providers are farmers, farmer groups, agronomists, seed banks and other relevant organisations that are authorised/recognised in the farming areas as providers of seeds and seedlings, with no evidence of misconduct over the years. Field operators are in charge of identifying appropriate providers and buying trusted/certified planting material. OaS can provide technical, monetary and other types of support to identify and buy adequate planting material when resources at the farm level are not sufficient.

DOCUMENTATION

Seeds/seedlings/other planting material packaging showing certificates or other attestations of quality can be used as evidence to assess compliance. Proof of purchase from trusted providers can be used as evidence to assess compliance.

INTERVIEWS

Conversations with key informants about their sourcing practices for seeds/seedlings/other planting material can be used as evidence.

Scoring guidance

0 - Seeds, seedlings and other planting material are not certified and do not come from trusted providers
1 - Providers of certified/trusted seeds, seedlings and other planting material are identified but no purchase has been made from them yet
2 - Seeds, seedlings and other planting material certified or from trusted providers is bought and used for most of the cultivated crops and there is a plan to use it for all cultivated crops
3 - Seeds, seedlings and other planting material certified or from trusted providers is bought and used for all the cultivated crops

N/A – in the justification, please explain why

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Critical

Applicability

Cultivation

OaS

Field operators

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2.1.18

Principle 2: Sustainable use of biodiversity

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