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View article: Unlocking genebanks for farmer resilience: Assessing the impact of ‘Germplasm User Groups’ in enhancing farmers’ access to diversity
Unlocking genebanks for farmer resilience: Assessing the impact of ‘Germplasm User Groups’ in enhancing farmers’ access to diversity Open
National genebanks offer diverse collections of locally adapted crops which can support farmers’ climate resilience, nutritional security and economic innovations, yet are often overlooked in climate adaptation strategies. Across much of t…
View article: Climate Change and Seed System Interventions Impact on Food Security and Incomes in East Africa
Climate Change and Seed System Interventions Impact on Food Security and Incomes in East Africa Open
Climate change is challenging agricultural productivity, especially in Africa. Adoption of improved or diverse seed varieties is a promising strategy to achieve increased yields, support food security and reduce poverty under climate chang…
View article: Crop diversity, climate change adaptation and resilience: good practice cases from Africa
Crop diversity, climate change adaptation and resilience: good practice cases from Africa Open
As part of the Integrated Seed Sector Development in Africa (ISSD Africa) program’s activities for 2020, the Agrobiodiversity, seeds and climate change action learning group (Theme 3) documented and analyzed a series of good crop diversifi…
View article: Strengthening community seed banks in East and Southern Africa in times of Covid-19
Strengthening community seed banks in East and Southern Africa in times of Covid-19 Open
This brief presents the highlights of the work done in 2020 in East and Southern Africa – in the difficult context of the outbreak of Covid 19− to strengthen community seed banks and foster the collaboration between them and with the natio…
View article: Mobilizing crop diversity for climate change adaptation and resilience: field experiences from Africa
Mobilizing crop diversity for climate change adaptation and resilience: field experiences from Africa Open
Livestock based systems provide livelihoods to 1 billion people and account for 40% of global agricultural gross domestic product. Animal-source foods provide 14% of the calories and 33% of the proteins consumed globally and provide essent…
View article: What growing vegetables can do: experiences from Hoima, Uganda
What growing vegetables can do: experiences from Hoima, Uganda Open
This brief presents the main results and lessons learned from a pilot project to grow vegetables, diversify farming and improve livelihoods in the Hoima area of Uganda, coordinated by East West Seed Knowledge Transfer (EWS-KT), Bulindi Zon…
View article: Enhancing access to genetic resources for climate change adaptation: A nutritional analysis of selected best-performing varieties of beans, finger millet and sorghum in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Enhancing access to genetic resources for climate change adaptation: A nutritional analysis of selected best-performing varieties of beans, finger millet and sorghum in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Open
The report presents a summary of results from the nutritional analysis conducted on varieties of sorghum, finger millet and beans that were selected by farmers through various rounds of participatory varietal testing and selection on farm …
View article: Vegetables open new avenues for farmers’ livelihood improvement: promising results from Hoima, Uganda
Vegetables open new avenues for farmers’ livelihood improvement: promising results from Hoima, Uganda Open
This second progress report, covering the period from October 2019 to March 2020, presents the first results of a one-year pilot project to introduce vegetable growing activities in Hoima, Uganda, as a means to strengthen farmers’ adaptive…
View article: On station participatory varietal selection data for beans in Hoima Uganda
On station participatory varietal selection data for beans in Hoima Uganda Open
A total of 15 varieties of beans were evaluated by 15 farmers at National Agricultural Research Centre in Hoima. A Likert scale of 1 to 5 was used by farmers to rank the performance of each variety based on a number of agreed variables. 1=…
View article: On-station participatory varietal selection data for finger millet in Hoima Uganda
On-station participatory varietal selection data for finger millet in Hoima Uganda Open
A total of 15 varieties of beans were evaluated by 15 farmers at National Agricultural Research Centre in Hoima. A Likert scale of 1 to 5 was used by farmers to rank the performance of each variety based on a number of agreed variables. 1=…
View article: Organoleptic and culinary traits data for beans and finger millet in Hoima Uganda
Organoleptic and culinary traits data for beans and finger millet in Hoima Uganda Open
101 farmers were invited to test bean sauce prepared from 7 different varieties of beans and 5 different products that were prepared from 7 varieties of finger millet. A Likert scale of 1 to 5 was used by farmers to rank the level of satis…
View article: BSF Sorghum crowd sourcing data for Dodoma and Singida Tanzania
BSF Sorghum crowd sourcing data for Dodoma and Singida Tanzania Open
24 different accessions/varieties of finger millet were randomly distributed to 300 farmers using the Alliance of Bioversity International and ICAT Climmob Version 2 software( http://climmob.net/Version_2/menu.html ). Three blind varieties…
View article: BSF sorghum crowdsourcing data for Nyando Kenya
BSF sorghum crowdsourcing data for Nyando Kenya Open
48 different accessions/varieties of sorghum were randomly distributed to 400 farmers using the Alliance of Bioversity International and ICAT Climmob Version 2 software( http://climmob.net/Version_2/menu.html ). Three blind varieties were …
View article: BSF beans on-station characterization data for Hoima Uganda
BSF beans on-station characterization data for Hoima Uganda Open
56 bean accessions were planted in a randomised block design, with three replications. All blocks received the same treatment. The block sizes were 2m by 2m. The phenotypic data was collected using the descriptors from the International Bo…
View article: BSF finger millet crowdsourcing data for Hoima Uganda
BSF finger millet crowdsourcing data for Hoima Uganda Open
43 different accessions/varieties of finger millet were randomly distributed to 200 farmers using the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Climmob Version 2 software( http://climmob.net/Version_2/menu.html ). Three blind varieties…
View article: BSF Beans crowdsourcing data for Hoima Uganda
BSF Beans crowdsourcing data for Hoima Uganda Open
33 different accessions/varieties of beans were randomly distributed to 200 farmers using the Alliance of Bioversity International and ICAT Climmob Version 2 software( http://climmob.net/Version_2/menu.html ). Three blind varieties were gi…
View article: BSF finger millet crowdsourcing data for Nyando Kenya
BSF finger millet crowdsourcing data for Nyando Kenya Open
52 different accessions/varieties of finger millet were randomly distributed to 400 farmers using the Alliance of Bioversity International and ICAT Climmob Version 2 software( http://climmob.net/Version_2/menu.html ). Three blind varieties…
View article: BSF finger millet on-station characterization data for Hoima Uganda
BSF finger millet on-station characterization data for Hoima Uganda Open
104 Millet accessions were planted in a randomised block design, with three replications. All blocks received the same treatment. The block sizes were 2m by 2m. The phenotypic data was collected using the descriptors from the International…
View article: Hoima Millet On-station.xlsx
Hoima Millet On-station.xlsx Open
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View article: Report of a policy dialogue workshop on open source seed systems for climate change adaptation in East Africa
Report of a policy dialogue workshop on open source seed systems for climate change adaptation in East Africa Open
The report gives a summary of a policy workshop that was held in December 2019 to discuss the complex issues related to access to and use of genetic resources for climate change adaptation. In particular, the workshop focussed on policies …
View article: Crowdsourcing data for beans in Hoima,Uganda 2017 to 2018.tab
Crowdsourcing data for beans in Hoima,Uganda 2017 to 2018.tab Open
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View article: Organoleptic Data.tab
Organoleptic Data.tab Open
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View article: Crowdsourcing data for finger millet in Nyando Kenya, 2019.tab
Crowdsourcing data for finger millet in Nyando Kenya, 2019.tab Open
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View article: Sensory evaluation of finger millet and bean products in Hoima Uganda. Report of field work conducted 6-12 September 2019
Sensory evaluation of finger millet and bean products in Hoima Uganda. Report of field work conducted 6-12 September 2019 Open
Sensory evaluation, also known as organoleptic testing, involves assessing a food product for its aroma, flavour, sensation in the mouth and appearance. This activity was carried out under a project funded by the Netherlands Organization f…
View article: Hoima beans onstation.tab
Hoima beans onstation.tab Open
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View article: Crowdsourcing project for sorghum in Dodoma and Singida Tanzana, 2018 to 2019.tab
Crowdsourcing project for sorghum in Dodoma and Singida Tanzana, 2018 to 2019.tab Open
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View article: Crowdsourcing data for sorghum in Nyando Kenya, 2019.tab
Crowdsourcing data for sorghum in Nyando Kenya, 2019.tab Open
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View article: Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia
Citizen’s science approach to climate smart and nutrition sensitive seed value chains for food and nutrition security in Uganda and Ethiopia Open
Local communities currently have limited access to information and the diversity of planting materials that would allow them to diversify their production systems to cope with unpredictable weather and stabilize their livelihoods. There ar…
View article: Enhancing access to genetic resources for climate change adaptation in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania: Seed catalogues of best perfoming varieties of finger millet and sorghum in Nyando, Kenya
Enhancing access to genetic resources for climate change adaptation in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania: Seed catalogues of best perfoming varieties of finger millet and sorghum in Nyando, Kenya Open
Agricultural production and food security of resource poor farmers is increasingly under a serious threat of climate change. In East Africa specifically Kenya, there has been emergence of new pests and diseases, prolonged and increased inc…
View article: PVS data for onstation trials on Beans in Hoima Uganda 2018.tab
PVS data for onstation trials on Beans in Hoima Uganda 2018.tab Open
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