Dear Joseph,

 

I join in agreeing on the need to utilize drought tolerant crops to mitigate the effects of climate change. We at Farming Systems Kenya are working closely with KARI Centers to promote the short season drought tolerant crops among the rural poor in Nakuru, Baringo and Laikipia and the response is quite good. I would concur with you that effort needs to be put in the multiplication and distribution of these varieties to arrest the situation. 

 

Regards,

 

 

Michael K. Kendagor

Executive Director

Farming Systems Kenya

FSK Center, Olive - Inn Kiamunyi - Nakuru

P.O. Box 2816 - 20100 Nakuru

Office: +254 (0) 20 3573129

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From: The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of Africa [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE)
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: "A meta analysis of past and current seed security assessments in the region"- DROUGT Tolerant Varieties Needed!!!

 

Dear Daniel,

 

I totally agree with you that the effect of climate change is pinching us seriously in the HoA. Having drought tolerant crops is one of the ways we could partly address this problem. There are quite a lot of research works going on in the region, and with the presence of NARS and CGIAR centers around us for all these year, we need their best bet drought tolerant varieties out to the famers. This however requires substantive efforts in multiplication and distribution/supply system, which many times is lacking in remote areas.   We probably need to get our brothers in research on the same, as well as share the best bet model for multiplication and distribution which focuses at the most vulnerable/poor farming households in the region – 

 

Who there has this bright idea of getting the needed drought tolerant varieties out to the famers?

 

Joseph Okidi

 

 

 

From: Daniel Gebeyehu [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:04 AM
To: The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of Africa
Subject: Re: "A meta analysis of past and current seed security assessments in the region".

 

I am pleased to see the COP has officially started and I am happy to be part of this community. I have also read the report for Ethiopia and took a good lesson from what we have to do in both short and medium term. I just want to make emphasis on the need to work on drought tolerant and short maturing seed varieties as a major solution to climate change related disasters. Selection of proper seed types is one of the choices of climate change adaptation technique.  

Cheers!

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE) <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 

Dear Colleague 

 

We are pleased to announce the first e-discussion of the SSA Community of Practice (CoP) - Horn of Africa region: 

“A meta analysis of past and current seed security assessments in the region”.

 

More than 30 seed security assessments (SSA) have been conducted since 2006 in emergency and rehabilitation contexts, and yet no evaluation of quality or impact have been undertaken to generate lesson learning. There is a general agreement about the need to conduct a thorough analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses and describe concrete impacts of the assessments.

 

The project has initiated the review of SSA for Ethiopia and South Sudan and compiled a Synthesis of Country reviews that you will find attached. The Synthesis specifically seeks to determine:

·         The quality or impact of the SSA in emergency and rehabilitation contexts 

·         The strengths and weaknesses in the past SSA

·         The ownership of the SSA process and results

·         The concrete actions taken as a result of the SSA

 

 

è As member of this Community of Practice, you are warmly invited to provide your comments and critiques on the draft Synthesis attached, for the country you work in. Specific questions you may want to answer are:

-          Which key aspects captured by this report can help improve the way you work?

-          Which are the aspects that are missing?

-          Based on Report findings, can we generate any lesson learning?

 

 

This discussion will run from today, Thursday 22 May, till 31 May, 2014.

 

We highly value your inputs that will help us enhancing the quality of the information included in the Reviews. Final versions of the Country Reviews will be merged into a Meta Analysis Regional Report that will be a key instrument to inform the development of an improved approach to implementing assessments in order to more effectively improve seed security. 

 

I wish you a fruitful discussion.

Joseph Okidi

Seed System Security Specialist and the CoP moderator

 

Instructions:

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