Rural Seed Fairs in Southern Tanzania
The low productivity of agricultural crops is among the factors leading to low income and food insecurity for rural people in the Southern Zone of Tanzania. The use of improved seeds is one way of increasing the productivity of agricultural crops....
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okr-10986-107952021-04-23T14:02:52Z Rural Seed Fairs in Southern Tanzania World Bank SEEDS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES RESEARCH & ANALYSIS SERVICES FARMERS SEED PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT FOOD AVAILABILITY INCOME RURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AREA ARI BEANS BREEDING CENTER CEREALS COMMERCIAL FARMERS COMMERCIALIZATION CROP CROP VARIETIES CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION EXTENSION FARM FARMER FARMERS FOOD SECURITY FRUITS GENETIC RESOURCES GRAFTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LEGUMES LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOW INCOME NGOS OILSEEDS PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES PLANTING PLANTING MATERIALS POOR FARMERS SEED SEED COMPANIES SEED CROPS SEEDS SMALL-SCALE FARMERS SOIL FERTILITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOT VEGETABLE CROPS The low productivity of agricultural crops is among the factors leading to low income and food insecurity for rural people in the Southern Zone of Tanzania. The use of improved seeds is one way of increasing the productivity of agricultural crops. It was realized that the seed supply pipeline from the seed-producing regions in the Southern Zone was not flowing freely partly due to the poor infrastructure prevailing in the zone. In the conventional Transfer of Technology model (TOT), the seed supply pipeline begins with research where breeding work is done and ends with farmers who access a final product of improved seeds/variety. The Multiple Sources of Innovations Model acknowledges the contribution of informal seed systems. Therefore, it is argued by development experts that informal and formal seed/variety development experts can complement each other and improve the supply of seeds of preferred varieties to farmers better than each expert's isolated efforts. 2012-08-13T13:08:35Z 2012-08-13T13:08:35Z 2002-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/2524256/rural-seed-fairs-southern-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10795 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 43 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Tanzania |
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SEEDS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES RESEARCH & ANALYSIS SERVICES FARMERS SEED PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT FOOD AVAILABILITY INCOME RURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AREA ARI BEANS BREEDING CENTER CEREALS COMMERCIAL FARMERS COMMERCIALIZATION CROP CROP VARIETIES CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION EXTENSION FARM FARMER FARMERS FOOD SECURITY FRUITS GENETIC RESOURCES GRAFTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LEGUMES LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOW INCOME NGOS OILSEEDS PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES PLANTING PLANTING MATERIALS POOR FARMERS SEED SEED COMPANIES SEED CROPS SEEDS SMALL-SCALE FARMERS SOIL FERTILITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOT VEGETABLE CROPS |
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SEEDS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES RESEARCH & ANALYSIS SERVICES FARMERS SEED PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT FOOD AVAILABILITY INCOME RURAL POPULATION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AREA ARI BEANS BREEDING CENTER CEREALS COMMERCIAL FARMERS COMMERCIALIZATION CROP CROP VARIETIES CROPPING CROPS CULTIVATION EXTENSION FARM FARMER FARMERS FOOD SECURITY FRUITS GENETIC RESOURCES GRAFTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LEGUMES LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LOW INCOME NGOS OILSEEDS PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES PLANTING PLANTING MATERIALS POOR FARMERS SEED SEED COMPANIES SEED CROPS SEEDS SMALL-SCALE FARMERS SOIL FERTILITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOT VEGETABLE CROPS World Bank Rural Seed Fairs in Southern Tanzania |
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The low productivity of agricultural
crops is among the factors leading to low income and food
insecurity for rural people in the Southern Zone of
Tanzania. The use of improved seeds is one way of increasing
the productivity of agricultural crops. It was realized that
the seed supply pipeline from the seed-producing regions in
the Southern Zone was not flowing freely partly due to the
poor infrastructure prevailing in the zone. In the
conventional Transfer of Technology model (TOT), the seed
supply pipeline begins with research where breeding work is
done and ends with farmers who access a final product of
improved seeds/variety. The Multiple Sources of Innovations
Model acknowledges the contribution of informal seed
systems. Therefore, it is argued by development experts that
informal and formal seed/variety development experts can
complement each other and improve the supply of seeds of
preferred varieties to farmers better than each
expert's isolated efforts. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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World Bank |
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Rural Seed Fairs in Southern Tanzania |
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Rural Seed Fairs in Southern Tanzania |
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Rural Seed Fairs in Southern Tanzania |
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Rural Seed Fairs in Southern Tanzania |
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Rural Seed Fairs in Southern Tanzania |
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rural seed fairs in southern tanzania |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/04/2524256/rural-seed-fairs-southern-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10795 |
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