Dear Joseph,
I agree that we need seed aid under emergency and recovery situations to help communities recover and built resilient. What appears to be critical and which need further consideration by seed suppliers is systematic
seed supply chain with proper checking for (quality control).
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Analysis in the below website indicates that local authorities might have supplied cassava seed without grassroots farmer consultation to ‘access preference and choice’,
this explains why 40 bags of cassava seeds were picked by only 31 farmers leaving majority of cassava seed wasted.
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In my analysis, Variety suitability and seed viability test is recommendable before seed distribution. There are complains observed from the Gulu farmers that the cassava seed supplied sometimes failed
to germinate.
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To improve on this further, I would recommend that there is need for farmers enlightenment before any seed supply by all stakeholders in the seed system.
‘Seed suppliers/organizations should not assume that local farmers are dormant and sleeping in the seed industry. Local Farmers are the excellent technocrats and innovators in the seed industry’
Alier Arem Deng | Field Area Coordinator-CRS.Org
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: Monday, June 29, 2015 12:47 PM
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Subject: Farmers becomming smarter on seed aid
Dear all,
It is up-surd that wrong targeting of famers with development and humanitarian seed aid is taking place around us. This is what is happening in Uganda now
Key Question:
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Do you think we need such aid? If so,
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How do we improve?
Regards,
Joseph
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