Community-based seedbanks increase access and availability of high-quality seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa
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CCAFS. 2019. Community-based seedbanks increase access and availability of high-quality seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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CCAFS East Africa and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIATpartnered with national research institutions to establish community seedbanks 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 seedbanks, another 82,000 potato farmers in Kenya are using a web-based SMS platform for disseminating information on resilient seeds and ware. In Tanzania, CCAFSand the International Potato Centre (CIP) are undertaking trials and multiplication of adapted potato varieties.