Dear Joseph,
I am pleased to be part of this activity on seed systems assessment. Have
been contributing to food security, mitigation to climate change and
adaptation through the promotion of traditional high value crops programme
previously known as 'orphan crops' of the ministry of agriculture,
livestock and fisheries, state department of agriculture in distribution of
these crops seeds.
Through this program the drought tolerant crops, beans, green grams, cow
peas, pigeon peas, dolichos, sorghum, millets, cassava and sweet potatoes
are bulked by KARI on their farms and through identified seed bulking
farmer groups. The seeds are distributed to resource poor farmers in ASALs
since 2006.
This programme has had a great impact on food security and nutrition,
social protection, income generation and also resilience after droughts and
during floods as well as availing seed closer to farmers.
The seed security assessment exercise will inform on what has worked, what
has not worked and the lessons learnt to advise Government on policy on
seed systems development and promotion for food security and nutrition.
Regards,
Mary
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE) <[log in to unmask]
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> Dear Colleague
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> You are receiving this email message due to your current or past
> involvement in activities or meetings related to Seed Security Assessments.
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> As you probably know, FAO has received funding from ECHO to build capacity
> in African eight countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali,
> Niger, Somalia and South-Sudan) for food and nutrition security programming
> in emergency and rehabilitation contexts on different aspects, including on
> seed security assessment (see more about the Project at
> http://www.fao.org/in-action/food-security-capacity-building/home/en/ ).
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> From the seed security point of view, one way of developing this capacity
> is to respond to the assessed need of improving knowledge exchange,
> broadening participation, providing accessible informational resources
> among the practitioners, and seeking technical support from among a pool of
> practitioners. The ECHO project is therefore supporting and promoting a new *Community
> of Practice on Seed Security Assessment* in four target countries of the
> Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and South-Sudan) to allow seed
> security practitioners to connect and learn from each other. A similar
> initiative, in French, is ongoing in the Sahel region for Burkina Faso,
> Chad, Mali and Niger.
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> This new Community of Practice is composed of food security programming
> officers, practitioners and policy makers at the district, national,
> regional and global level who are active in the humanitarian or seed sector
> support and development.
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> The Community of Practice on Seed Security Assessment is *email based*;
> you can participate by sending a message to the email address
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> Practice will receive. The discussions will be initiated, guided and
> moderated by me.
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> A first round of discussions will be initiated on *today, and will run
> until July 2014*. I will shortly be sending you the initial topic for
> discussion. You are warmly invited to participate by providing your views
> on the discussed topic, provide inputs on a specific argument, or raising a
> question or a need.
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> We highly value your inputs that will contribute towards a stronger and
> more skilled community of committed professionals. This is ultimately up to
> each of us!
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> *Joseph Okidi*
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> *Seed System Security SpecialistHorn of Africa (Nairobi)*
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