Dear Joseph Okidi Thanks for your email. See below the answers of the questions. On 7/31/14, Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE) <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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? We experienced unsuitable varieties being provided in the form of seed aid. At this time people needed the seeds and their needs are met at some extent but there is need improved seeds to be provided. We think that the seeds in our areas of operation 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? Food security of the crisis was not well assessed and analysed before any intervention. We suggest that organizations involved in seed distribution be trained on assessing the needs of population before intervention so that solution which fit the needs of community be found. > > > > 3. Are the views of the affected populations normally well taken into > consideration when planning seed related interventions by humanitarian > actors? No. We suggest that assessment should be conducted before intervention . This will enbale agencies implementing seed distribution to take into consideration the views of the affected population. > > Note: This e-discussion will run until 15th of August. > > Regards, > > Joseph Okidi > > Seed System Specialist > FAO REOA > > > > ######################################################################## > > 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