Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya

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dc.creatorNiane, Abdoul Aziz
dc.creatorKemal, Seid Ahmed
dc.creatorBishaw, Zewdie
dc.creatorNyambok, Anne
dc.creatorOtieno, Gloria
dc.creatorAluso, Lilian
dc.creatorVernooy, Ronnie
dc.creatorTermote, Celine
dc.creatorFadda, Carlo
dc.date2025-01-06T21:43:41Z
dc.date2025-01-06T21:43:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:22:18Z
dc.descriptionAccess to high-quality, affordable seeds is vital for farmers to improve yields, produce better crops, and enhance nutrition. This is especially true for farmer-preferred open-pollinated cultivars, which often lack systematic quality assurance from the formal seed sector. To address this, the ICARDA-ALIANCE seed component under the Nature-Positive Solutions-CGIAR initiative focuses on source seed production to support Community Seed Banks (CSBs) in multiplying and distributing these cultivars. Modern breeding has advanced seed sector development, creating high-yielding varieties and hybrids. However, subsistence farmers often miss out on these benefits. Successful seed production requires maintaining variety identity, purity, good practices, and quality standards. In Kenya, smallholder farmers in Western regions rely on informal seed sources, including farm-saved seeds and CSBs. These often lack quality assurance, leading to poor yields and lower incomes, exacerbated by erratic weather patterns like unpredictable rainfall and hailstorms.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/168572
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/77687
dc.languageen
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAbdoul Aziz Niane, Seid Ahmed Kemal, Zewdie Bishaw, Anne Nyambok, Gloria Otieno, Lilian Aluso, Ronnie Vernooy, Celine Termote, Carlo Fadda. (30/12/2024). Nature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya.
dc.subjectbreeding
dc.subjectdevelopment
dc.subjectdiversification
dc.subjectproduction
dc.subjectseed
dc.subjectseeds
dc.subjectseed production
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectweather
dc.subjectvarieties
dc.subjectquality
dc.subjectrainfall
dc.subjectquality assurance
dc.subjecthigh-yielding varieties
dc.subjectsmallholder farmers
dc.subjectyields
dc.subjectcommunity seed banks
dc.subjectfinger millet
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectsorghum
dc.subjectpeanut
dc.subjectclimbing bean (phaseolus coccineus)
dc.titleNature-Positive Post-Harvest Seed Practices for Sustainable Community Seed Bank Development in Kenya
dc.typeWorking Paper

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