Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa
CCAFS-East Africa and Alliance Bioversity-CIAT partnered with national research institutions to establish community seed-banks for storage and multiplication of diverse resilient high-quality seeds adapted to local climatic conditions reaching 189,000 farmers in East Africa. About 107,000 farmers in...
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| author | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security |
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| description | CCAFS-East Africa and Alliance Bioversity-CIAT partnered with national research institutions to establish community seed-banks for storage and multiplication of diverse resilient high-quality seeds adapted to local climatic conditions reaching 189,000 farmers in East Africa. About 107,000 farmers in Kenya and Uganda access seeds through seed-banks, another 82,000 potato farmers in Kenya are using web-based SMS platform for disseminating information on resilient seeds and ware. In Tanzania, CCAFS and International Potato Centre are undertaking trials and multiplication of adapted potato varieties. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1212372023-03-14T13:32:56Z Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research farmers varieties storage institutions seeds research institutions quality seed systems information africa east africa systems trials banks case studies agrifood systems rural development CCAFS-East Africa and Alliance Bioversity-CIAT partnered with national research institutions to establish community seed-banks for storage and multiplication of diverse resilient high-quality seeds adapted to local climatic conditions reaching 189,000 farmers in East Africa. About 107,000 farmers in Kenya and Uganda access seeds through seed-banks, another 82,000 potato farmers in Kenya are using web-based SMS platform for disseminating information on resilient seeds and ware. In Tanzania, CCAFS and International Potato Centre are undertaking trials and multiplication of adapted potato varieties. 2019-12-31 2022-09-12T11:55:53Z 2022-09-12T11:55:53Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121237 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116910 Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security. 2019. Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa. Reported in Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Annual Report 2019. Outcome Impact Case Report. |
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| title | Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa |
| title_full | Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa |
| title_fullStr | Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa |
| title_short | Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa |
| title_sort | community based seed systems increases access availability of high quality adapted seeds for 189 000 farmers in east africa |
| topic | research farmers varieties storage institutions seeds research institutions quality seed systems information africa east africa systems trials banks case studies agrifood systems rural development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121237 |
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