COP-SEEDSECURITY-L Archives

The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of Africa

CoP-SeedSecurity-L@LISTSERV.FAO.ORG

Options: Use Forum View

Use Proportional Font
Show HTML Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
From:
mary karanja <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of Africa <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 8 Feb 2015 06:19:41 -0800
Content-Type:
multipart/related
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (7 kB) , text/html (10 kB) , image001.jpg (10 kB) , image004.jpg (7 kB)
Dear Joseph,

Happy New Year.

Thanks so much for the update on CoP activity on SSSA in Kenya.
The information is very informative and in most areas confirmed
observations made in our vists to the field.

Best Regards,

Mary

On Friday, February 6, 2015, Cortada, Laura (FAOSO) <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Dear Joseph,
>
>
>
> Thanks a lot for keeping us poste on the activities that are taking place
> around the SSSA CoP;
>
>
>
> Let me also take this opportunity to inform to the CoP group that the SSSA
> exercise is also going on in Somalia and we will be able to send missions
> to collect data to South Central area very soon. Hopefully in the next few
> months we will be able to share this valuable and useful information with
> all of you.
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> *[image:
> http://intouch.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/manual_section/images/FAO_logo_blue.jpg]*
>
> *Laura Cortada-González, **PhD*
>
> *Head of Innovation and Learning Unit*
>
> Agriculture Sector
>
> *FAO SOMALIA*
>
> Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
> Tel Somali: +252 634837916
>
> Tel Kenya: +254 701029016
>
> Tel Spain: +34 651104016
>
> Skype: Cortada.FAOSOM
>
>
>
> [image: wold soil day]
>
>
>
> *From:* The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the
> Horn of Africa [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>] *On
> Behalf Of *Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE)
> *Sent:* Friday, February 06, 2015 11:47 AM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>
> *Subject:* New Year Greetings
>
>
>
> I send my sincere gratitude and greetings to all who managed to get to the
> New Year -2015. It has been a while without any discussion in our community
> of practice on seed security issues around the horn of Africa (HoA). I know
> end (2014) and beginning of 2015 had their tolls on our workload, but I
> believe we all got through.
>
>
>
> Seed Security Assessment updates:
>
>
>
> ·         *Kenya:* Towards the end of last year, FAO Kenya in
> collaboration with County Government (Agricultural Department) conducted a
> seed security assessment in the South Eastern Livelihood zone. Key findings
> are as summarized in the attached document.  Any comment on the  findings
> and recommendation is welcome.
>
>
>
> ·         *Malawi:* The recent flood in Malawi has call for humanitarian
> response. For effective and efficient response, FAO in Collaboration with
> CRS is organizing a Rapid Seed Security Assessment from 16th to 28th of
> this month.
>
>
>
> ·         *Uganda:* A seed security assessment will be conducted in West
> Nile by the Integrated Seed Sector Development (ISSD) Programme with
> technical support from FAO . This assessment will commence in the second
> week of March.
>
>
>
> Please let us know if you are planning any seed security assessment in
> your country/region, and do not hesitate to contact us for any technical
> support.
>
>
>
> Wishing you all a happy New Year!!
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Joseph Okidi
>
> Regional Seed Security Officer (HoA)
>
> FAO Kenya
>
> +254 (0) 733 997696
>
> +254 (0) 788 508837
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link:
> https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1
>
> ------------------------------
>
> To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link:
> https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1
>

########################################################################

To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link:
https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1


ATOM RSS1 RSS2