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Supportive policy environment on informal seed system led to increased utilization of local climate-resilient varieties in East Africa

Bioversity International has established community seedbanks to enable farmers to have easy access to diverse, good quality seed, conserve it and commercialize it for improved livelihoods. In Uganda, for some years, Bioversity International advocated for the formal recognition of community seedbanks...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2019
Subjects:
farmers
climate
livelihoods
varieties
production
environment
seeds
quality
commercialization
africa
east africa
utilization
smallholder farmers
system
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121423
Summary:Bioversity International has established community seedbanks to enable farmers to have easy access to diverse, good quality seed, conserve it and commercialize it for improved livelihoods. In Uganda, for some years, Bioversity International advocated for the formal recognition of community seedbanks and farmers varieties. The revised Seed Policy (2018) published in 2019 recognizes these efforts and has provisions for strengthening community seedbanks, and for production and commercialization of quality declared seeds in the informal system, in favor of smallholder farmers.

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