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"Abang, Mathew (FAOSFE)" <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 12 Aug 2014 15:45:26 +0300
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Dear Joseph and Colleagues,

 

Thank you very much for moderating this e-forum discussion, for sharing
valuable experiences, and exchanging ideas on the way forward for seed
aid/seed system security in the HoA.

 

I concur with suggestions that have been made regarding the need for seed
system mapping, seed system security assessments, implementation of
regulatory mechanisms, and testing for local adaptation of introduced crop
varieties. 

 

One issue I would like to raise is that of capacity building for seed
companies and seed company staff. This is a specific request from a number of
seed companies, some of which have staff with limited technical skills. In
additional to technical skills, training on the ethical aspects of seed
production/marketing may also be warranted.

 

Ultimately, an innovation system approach is needed, whereby a truly
participatory approach is used to determine and implement seed aid-related
activities.

 

Best regards,

Mathew

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Mathew M. Abang

Crop Production Officer

FAO Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa

CMC Road near ILRI, Gurd Shola, Bole Sub City, Kebele 12/13

P.O. Box 5536, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tel. +251 (0) 116478888 ext 125

Fax. +251 (0) 116478800/80

Email: [log in to unmask]

Cell: +251-935-986406

Skype: mathew.abang

 

 

From: The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of
Africa [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Arem, Alier
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 5:20 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Unsuitable crop varieties being provided to affected population
in the form of seed aid in the horn of Africa region

 

Dear Atem,

I appreciate your inputs in the debate here which I hope is based on the
practical experimental research with Jonglei Farmers and having known your
personality as  the 'Technical Lead' in Jonglei State Ministry of
Agriculture. In addition to your input, I hope the ministry is one of the
architect and possibly one of those stakeholders that can take a lead role in
promoting the improvement of local seed varieties through appropriate
extension work, which I hope had been the ministry fundamental issue of
concern, promote effective Monitoring and Inspection, registration and
certification of seed suppliers or call them Agro-Input dealers, 'ensure
farmers are not too conservatives to upcoming technologies in the seed
system' but give a chance of testing an imported variety whether it fit the
question of adaptability. 

 

Regard,

Alier Arem Deng

CRS.Org

From: The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of
Africa [mailto:[log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ] On Behalf Of Atem Gak
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
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Subject: Re: Unsuitable crop varieties being provided to affected population
in the form of seed aid in the horn of Africa region

 

Jonglei State of the Republic of South Sudan is actually the bottom of the
Nile Basin, this means it is floods prone mostly and the local crops seeds
therefore are floods resistant, however, sorghum is the staple food crop
grown all over the State, other crops come in a secondary stage. In this
juncture, the seeds imported and distributed by humanitarian organizations
are tried several times by the local farming communities but got no impact as
to the adaptability and acclimatizing to the new environment from the origin
of the seed, secondly, the imported seeds might have been doing well under
well advance plant protection techknowledgy and well drained soils, intact
different climates suit different varieties of the same crop and each crop
variety of the same variety adapt to different climate and region of the
world and can do well where ever suitable to it. Researchers should come up
with some kind of no boundary organization, raise fund and register itself to
discover crops as to their adaptability but not imposing some kind of seed
techknowledgy but improve the local as to its locality. 
I am not totally disagreeing but experiments on vast varieties of different
can be carried out in the State in particular and in the whole of the
Country. But I object to the idea of direct distribution to the local farming
communities without prior experiment.

Atem de Gak Atem

 

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From: Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE) <[log in to unmask]
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Subject: FW: Unsuitable crop varieties being provided to affected population
in the form of seed aid in the horn of Africa region 
Sent: Fri, Aug 1, 2014 8:41:15 AM 

 

Dear all,

 

Minor correction in the title : Unsuitable Crop varieties but  Not crop
parieties.

 

Regards,

 

Joseph

 

From: Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE) 
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
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Subject: Unsuitable crop parieties being provided to affected population in
the form of seed aid in the horn of Africa region

 

Dear All,

 

 

A lot of humanitarian and recovery work in food security in the Horn of
Africa region involves provision of seed aid with significant direct seed
distribution of seed sourced from the formal sector (seed companies). There
have been concerns from some of the assisted famers in the recent past that
some of the varieties are unsuitable (un-adapted and un-preferred). Many
times famer's seed are considered of poor quality by humanitarian actors, and
therefore, the need to provide them with quality seeds of varieties which are
improved - high yielding, disease resistant, drought tolerant etc.

 

1.      Do you agree that at times unsuitable varieties are being provided in
the form of seed aid? What is your experience with this? And do you think
this can be improved?

 

2.      Do you think seed security of the crisis/disaster affected population
is well assessed and analyzed before any intervention - If not how do you
want this improved?

 

3.      Are the views of the affected populations normally well taken into
consideration when planning seed related interventions by humanitarian
actors? 

 

Note: This e-discussion will run until 15th of August. 

 

Regards,

 

Joseph Okidi

 

Seed System Specialist

FAO REOA

 

 

 

 

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