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Yep, it is happen sometimes seeds with no quality being distributed to the
farmers by some Ngos considering the low price they exchange and not
caring the future outcome of the seeds.
We can stop such habit by providing the seeds to the Ngos instead of giving
the money to purchase.
Regards,
Aden
RELIEF DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
ADEN SHILL
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
FATIMA ABDULLAHI
WASH COORDINATOR
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE) <
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> Dear All,
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> 3. Are the views of the affected populations normally well taken
> into consideration when planning seed related interventions by humanitarian
> actors?
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> Note: This e-discussion will run until 15th of August.
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> Regards,
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> Joseph Okidi
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> Seed System Specialist
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> FAO REOA
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