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Community-based seed systems increases access/availability of high-quality adapted seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Spatial Coverage | Kenya;Tanzania;Uganda [KE;TZ;UG] |
| 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. |
| Sponsorship | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/a1451f11-fe3d-428a-a29d-b856dd4e0bd4 |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2019-12-31 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | 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 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Case study |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |