Community-based seedbanks increase access and availability of high-quality seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africa

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cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.placeWageningen, The Netherlandsen
cg.subject.ccafsPRIORITIES AND POLICIES FOR CSAen
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICESen
dc.contributor.authorCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-20T15:04:47Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-20T15:04:47Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116910
dc.titleCommunity-based seedbanks increase access and availability of high-quality seeds for 189,000 farmers in East Africaen
dcterms.abstractCCAFS 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCCAFS. 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).en
dcterms.extent1 p.en
dcterms.issued2019-12-01en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseOtheren
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeCase Studyen

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