Good seed for quality produce: indigenous vegetables boost farmer incomes and livelihoods in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMonica Kansiime
dc.contributor.authorJacqueline Nicodemus
dc.contributor.authorRadegunda Francis Kessy
dc.contributor.authorVictor Afari-sefa
dc.contributor.authorDamas Marandu
dc.contributor.authorSilvest Samali
dc.contributor.authorPhil Swarbrick
dc.contributor.authorDannie Romney
dc.contributor.authorDaniel Karanja
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-01T20:55:25Z
dc.date.available2025-04-01T20:55:25Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAfrican indigenous vegetables (AIVs) have the potential to increase food and nutritional security and contribute to improved livelihoods, but farmers’ capacity to meet the growing demand for them has been constrained by a lack of good quality seed and technical knowhow. The Good Seed Initiative (GSI), funded by Irish Aid and active in Tanzania from 2013 to 2015, targeted both seed and vegetable growers, linking them to markets through an innovation platform (IP) approach. Production and utilization of quality AIV seeds has increased in Arusha and Dodoma, and cultivation of AIVs (both seed and vegetables) has increased farmers’ incomes and improved food and nutritional security for their communities. Project approaches such as farmer-to-farmer training, IPs and entrepreneurship have helped achieve sustainable linkages and improved livelihoods.
dc.identifier.citationKansiime, M., Nicodemus, J., Kessy, R.F., Afari-sefa, V., Marandu, D., Samali, S., Swarbrick, P., Romney, D., Karanja, D. 2016. Good seed for quality produce: indigenous vegetables boost farmer incomes and livelihoods in Tanzania. CABI Study Brief 22. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/CABICOMM-47-495
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1079/CABICOMM-47-495
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/10292
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCABI Study Brief
dc.relation.ispartofseries22
dc.titleGood seed for quality produce: indigenous vegetables boost farmer incomes and livelihoods in Tanzania
dc.typeArticle
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