Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya
Access to high-quality, affordable seeds is vital for farmers to improve yields, produce better crops, and enhance nutrition. This is especially true for farmer-preferred open-pollinated cultivars, which often lack systematic quality assurance from the formal seed sector. To address this, the ICARDA...
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| author | Niane, Abdoul Aziz Kemal, Seid Ahmed Bishaw, Zewdie Nyambok, Anne Otieno, Gloria Aluso, Lilian Vernooy, Ronnie Termote, Celine Fadda, Carlo |
| author_browse | Aluso, Lilian Bishaw, Zewdie Fadda, Carlo Kemal, Seid Ahmed Niane, Abdoul Aziz Nyambok, Anne Otieno, Gloria Termote, Celine Vernooy, Ronnie |
| author_facet | Niane, Abdoul Aziz Kemal, Seid Ahmed Bishaw, Zewdie Nyambok, Anne Otieno, Gloria Aluso, Lilian Vernooy, Ronnie Termote, Celine Fadda, Carlo |
| author_sort | Niane, Abdoul Aziz |
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| description | Access to high-quality, affordable seeds is vital for farmers to improve yields, produce better crops, and enhance nutrition. This is especially true for farmer-preferred open-pollinated cultivars, which often lack systematic quality assurance from the formal seed sector. To address this, the ICARDA-ALIANCE seed component under the Nature-Positive Solutions-CGIAR initiative focuses on source seed production to support Community Seed Banks (CSBs) in multiplying and distributing these cultivars.
Modern breeding has advanced seed sector development, creating high-yielding varieties and hybrids. However, subsistence farmers often miss out on these benefits. Successful seed production requires maintaining variety identity, purity, good practices, and quality standards.
In Kenya, smallholder farmers in Western regions rely on informal seed sources, including farm-saved seeds and CSBs. These often lack quality assurance, leading to poor yields and lower incomes, exacerbated by erratic weather patterns like unpredictable rainfall and hailstorms. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1685722026-01-15T02:00:16Z Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya Niane, Abdoul Aziz Kemal, Seid Ahmed Bishaw, Zewdie Nyambok, Anne Otieno, Gloria Aluso, Lilian Vernooy, Ronnie Termote, Celine Fadda, Carlo breeding development diversification production seed seeds seed production farmers weather varieties quality rainfall quality assurance high-yielding varieties smallholder farmers yields community seed banks finger millet maize sorghum peanut climbing bean (phaseolus coccineus) Access to high-quality, affordable seeds is vital for farmers to improve yields, produce better crops, and enhance nutrition. This is especially true for farmer-preferred open-pollinated cultivars, which often lack systematic quality assurance from the formal seed sector. To address this, the ICARDA-ALIANCE seed component under the Nature-Positive Solutions-CGIAR initiative focuses on source seed production to support Community Seed Banks (CSBs) in multiplying and distributing these cultivars. Modern breeding has advanced seed sector development, creating high-yielding varieties and hybrids. However, subsistence farmers often miss out on these benefits. Successful seed production requires maintaining variety identity, purity, good practices, and quality standards. In Kenya, smallholder farmers in Western regions rely on informal seed sources, including farm-saved seeds and CSBs. These often lack quality assurance, leading to poor yields and lower incomes, exacerbated by erratic weather patterns like unpredictable rainfall and hailstorms. 2025-01-06T21:43:41Z 2025-01-06T21:43:41Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168572 en Open Access application/pdf Abdoul Aziz Niane, Seid Ahmed Kemal, Zewdie Bishaw, Anne Nyambok, Gloria Otieno, Lilian Aluso, Ronnie Vernooy, Celine Termote, Carlo Fadda. (30/12/2024). Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya. |
| spellingShingle | breeding development diversification production seed seeds seed production farmers weather varieties quality rainfall quality assurance high-yielding varieties smallholder farmers yields community seed banks finger millet maize sorghum peanut climbing bean (phaseolus coccineus) Niane, Abdoul Aziz Kemal, Seid Ahmed Bishaw, Zewdie Nyambok, Anne Otieno, Gloria Aluso, Lilian Vernooy, Ronnie Termote, Celine Fadda, Carlo Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya |
| title | Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya |
| title_full | Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya |
| title_short | Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya |
| title_sort | nature positive post harvest seed practices for sustainable community seed bank development in kenya |
| topic | breeding development diversification production seed seeds seed production farmers weather varieties quality rainfall quality assurance high-yielding varieties smallholder farmers yields community seed banks finger millet maize sorghum peanut climbing bean (phaseolus coccineus) |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168572 |
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