Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia

Many CGIAR centers are developing forage crops, but seed quality declines once farmers reproduce the seeds for planting. With this simple mobile seed cleaning and treatment unit, seed quality and production capacity can be maintained sustainably. Four farmer cooperatives in North-western Tunisia wit...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121516
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description Many CGIAR centers are developing forage crops, but seed quality declines once farmers reproduce the seeds for planting. With this simple mobile seed cleaning and treatment unit, seed quality and production capacity can be maintained sustainably. Four farmer cooperatives in North-western Tunisia with over 1,000 members are using the technology, and from October 2019-December 2021 the quantity of cleaned/treated forage seeds increased from 240 to 908 tons and the number of individual users from 138 to 417.
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spelling CGSpace1215162023-03-14T13:32:30Z Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia CGIAR Research Program on Livestock farmers crops forage production technology income seeds development quality planting cooperatives seed quality seed cleaning cleaning groups forage crops case studies agrifood systems rural development Many CGIAR centers are developing forage crops, but seed quality declines once farmers reproduce the seeds for planting. With this simple mobile seed cleaning and treatment unit, seed quality and production capacity can be maintained sustainably. Four farmer cooperatives in North-western Tunisia with over 1,000 members are using the technology, and from October 2019-December 2021 the quantity of cleaned/treated forage seeds increased from 240 to 908 tons and the number of individual users from 138 to 417. 2021-12-31 2022-09-12T11:58:57Z 2022-09-12T11:58:57Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121516 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Livestock. 2021. Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia. Reported in Livestock Annual Report 2021. Outcome Impact Case Report.
spellingShingle farmers
crops
forage
production
technology
income
seeds
development
quality
planting
cooperatives
seed quality
seed cleaning
cleaning
groups
forage crops
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock
Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia
title Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia
title_full Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia
title_fullStr Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia
title_full_unstemmed Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia
title_short Development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in Tunisia
title_sort development and scaling of mobile seed cleaning technology to improve forage seed quality and generate income for farmer groups in tunisia
topic farmers
crops
forage
production
technology
income
seeds
development
quality
planting
cooperatives
seed quality
seed cleaning
cleaning
groups
forage crops
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121516
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