Improved Agronomic Practices for Starting Seeds: African Indigenous Vegetables

Problem

Poor production outcomes, yield and quality, of African Indigenous Vegetables. i) Seeds of AIVs are very small, needing care as to not plant too many wasting seeds and need well prepared land for good germination and emergence ii). Broadcasting method of planting makes operations such as weeding difficult. iii). Lack of farmer awareness on proper spacing of AIV. iv). About 75% of AIVs is sourced from informal seed system and quality of seed may not be certain.

Funds RaisedVERIFIED

$2,000,000 with Low-cost compost production using locally available materials, Screening protocol for African Indigenous Vegetables crop varieties for common insect pests, Improved African indigenous vegetable seed varietiesmore and 2SEE MORE

TITLEImproving nutrition with African indigenous vegetables in Kenya and Zambia

TYPEGrant

FOCUS AREAS

Agriculture, Cultivation & Tools, Post Harvestmore and 3SEE MORE

Implemented InKenya and Zambia

ORGANIZATIONSU.S. Agency for International Development, University of California, Davis

as part of

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture, Bureau of Food Security, Feed the Future

Improved Agronomic Practices for Starting Seeds: African Indigenous Vegetables

Stage 4: Transition to Scale

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Supporting Materials

One-page-seed-starting-training-guide-orientation-null.pdf
Best-Practices-Germinating-African-Indigenous-Vegetables-Seeds-orientation-null.docx.pdf