Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania
The private sector plays the most important role in financing agricultural investments, innovation and information dissemination where constraints on government investment render private sector actions more important. In East Africa, little is known about the participation of small businesses, indep...
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| author | Quail, Sheryl Onyango, Leah Recha, John W.M. Kinyangi, James |
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| description | The private sector plays the most important role in financing agricultural investments, innovation and information dissemination where constraints on government investment render private sector actions more important. In East Africa, little is known about the participation of small businesses, independent traders, farmer organizations, large-scale wholesalers, marketing boards and cooperatives in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and their potential role in its diffusion to small-scale farmers. In particular, the informal sector is out of view even though it forms the backbone of rural agrarian economies. This study examines relationships between private sector actors and farmers and examines supply chains of agricultural inputs, as well as agricultural product value chains. The potential for using the Quality Declared Seed (QDS) system to disseminate CSA bean and potato varieties is assessed, as is the commercial maize seed supply chain and its impact on agrobiodiversity. Finally, farmer trust of private sector actors, traders in particular, is evaluated. The data used is from a survey of 100 farmers and semi-structured interviews with traders, local input suppliers, transporters and marketing organizations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace898632024-01-23T12:05:02Z Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania Quail, Sheryl Onyango, Leah Recha, John W.M. Kinyangi, James climate change agriculture food security The private sector plays the most important role in financing agricultural investments, innovation and information dissemination where constraints on government investment render private sector actions more important. In East Africa, little is known about the participation of small businesses, independent traders, farmer organizations, large-scale wholesalers, marketing boards and cooperatives in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and their potential role in its diffusion to small-scale farmers. In particular, the informal sector is out of view even though it forms the backbone of rural agrarian economies. This study examines relationships between private sector actors and farmers and examines supply chains of agricultural inputs, as well as agricultural product value chains. The potential for using the Quality Declared Seed (QDS) system to disseminate CSA bean and potato varieties is assessed, as is the commercial maize seed supply chain and its impact on agrobiodiversity. Finally, farmer trust of private sector actors, traders in particular, is evaluated. The data used is from a survey of 100 farmers and semi-structured interviews with traders, local input suppliers, transporters and marketing organizations. 2016 2017-12-31T15:45:55Z 2017-12-31T15:45:55Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89863 en Limited Access Springer Quail s, Onyango L, Recha J, Kinyangi J. 2016. Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania. In: Lal R, Kraybill D, Hansen DO, Singh BR, Mosogoya T, Eik LO, (Eds.). 2016. Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture. Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture Series. Springer International 525-551. |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security Quail, Sheryl Onyango, Leah Recha, John W.M. Kinyangi, James Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania |
| title | Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania |
| title_full | Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania |
| title_short | Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania |
| title_sort | private sector actions to enable climate smart agriculture in small scale farming in tanzania |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89863 |
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