Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia

Local communities currently have limited access to information and the diversity of planting materials that would allow them to diversify their production systems to cope with unpredictable weather and stabilize their livelihoods. There are currently limited and scattered mechanisms in place to shar...

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Main Authors: Recha, Tobias, Mohammed, Jemal, Otieno, Gloria Atieno
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111223
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author Recha, Tobias
Mohammed, Jemal
Otieno, Gloria Atieno
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description Local communities currently have limited access to information and the diversity of planting materials that would allow them to diversify their production systems to cope with unpredictable weather and stabilize their livelihoods. There are currently limited and scattered mechanisms in place to share and increase the diversity of farmers’ varieties beyond the local level. Establishing new community seed banks and linking them with the existing ones will create an effective network, which will allow the national system to monitor the status of on-farm conservation and enhance the flow of seeds between them. This project ‘Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia’ aims to improve farmers’ adaptation to climate change and enhance food and nutrition security by increasing the availability of quality, diverse and adapted seeds within local communities through participatory varietal evaluation using a crowdsourcing approach and innovative seed value chains.
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spelling CGSpace1112232025-11-05T11:47:14Z Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia Recha, Tobias Mohammed, Jemal Otieno, Gloria Atieno farmer participation varieties variety screening evaluation seeds value chains participación de agricultores variedades evaluación cadenas de valor Local communities currently have limited access to information and the diversity of planting materials that would allow them to diversify their production systems to cope with unpredictable weather and stabilize their livelihoods. There are currently limited and scattered mechanisms in place to share and increase the diversity of farmers’ varieties beyond the local level. Establishing new community seed banks and linking them with the existing ones will create an effective network, which will allow the national system to monitor the status of on-farm conservation and enhance the flow of seeds between them. This project ‘Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia’ aims to improve farmers’ adaptation to climate change and enhance food and nutrition security by increasing the availability of quality, diverse and adapted seeds within local communities through participatory varietal evaluation using a crowdsourcing approach and innovative seed value chains. 2020 2021-02-09T16:09:36Z 2021-02-09T16:09:36Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111223 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International Recha, T.; Mohammed, J.; Otieno, G. (2020) Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia. Field activities report. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International. 38 p.
spellingShingle farmer participation
varieties
variety screening
evaluation
seeds
value chains
participación de agricultores
variedades
evaluación
cadenas de valor
Recha, Tobias
Mohammed, Jemal
Otieno, Gloria Atieno
Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia
title Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia
title_full Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia
title_fullStr Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia
title_short Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia
title_sort citizen s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in uganda and ethiopia
topic farmer participation
varieties
variety screening
evaluation
seeds
value chains
participación de agricultores
variedades
evaluación
cadenas de valor
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111223
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