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South Africa, New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSIMA), National Agricultural Research Systems (NAR), livelihood enhancement
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Schlüsselwörter
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South Africa, New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSIMA), National Agricultural Research Systems (NAR), livelihood enhancement
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Schlüsselwörter
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South Africa, New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSIMA), National Agricultural Research Systems (NAR), livelihood enhancement
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Schlüsselwörter
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South Africa, New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSIMA), National Agricultural Research Systems (NAR), livelihood enhancement
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Kurzbeschreibung
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Maize is the main staple for most countries in southern Africa. Farmers'use of quality seed of improved varieties is critical for productivity and livelihood enhancement. Although improved varieties exist for many field crops, and especially maize, the proportion of farmers that regularly use improved seed remains low in southern Africa. The New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSIMA) is a Project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). It was initiated in 2005, as a network of multi-stakeholder National Coordinating Units (NCU’s) in SADC working together to strengthen the maize seed value chain so as to contribute to improving the livelihoods of resource-poor small-holder maize farmers. NSIMA Project has been supported by SDC since many years. The project is coordinated by the International Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT) at the Zimbabwe Regional Office. Its vision was to build a comprehensive maize seed value chain functioning with strong public-private partnerships.National Agricultural Research Systems (NAR), NGOs, the private seed sector and regional organizations identified a number of constraints or bottlenecks and determined specific objectives and activities. These covered the full continuum of activities from germplasm enhancement, through seed systems, to empowering farmers to benefit more rapidly from maize breeding progress, and so increase farm-level productivity and improve livelihoods. The current phase 2 of NSIMA will end in March 2011; the expected outcomes of this phase are: 1. Provision of improved germplasm, technical backstopping, training and coordination to the activities of partners through NCU’s. 2. NCU’s to have identified bottlenecks and opportunities in the seed value chain of their respective countries, and together with relevant partners, established and facilitated activities to overcome constraints and enhance development of the seed sector based on Outcome Challenges. 3. NCU’s to have facilitated capacity building of partners and farmers relevant to the seed value chain. 4. NCU’s have advocated for appropriate policies, partnerships and promotion activities that enhance the development of the seed value chain.
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Kurzbeschreibung
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Maize is the main staple for most countries in southern Africa. Farmers'use of quality seed of improved varieties is critical for productivity and livelihood enhancement. Although improved varieties exist for many field crops, and especially maize, the proportion of farmers that regularly use improved seed remains low in southern Africa. The New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSIMA) is a Project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). It was initiated in 2005, as a network of multi-stakeholder National Coordinating Units (NCU’s) in SADC working together to strengthen the maize seed value chain so as to contribute to improving the livelihoods of resource-poor small-holder maize farmers. NSIMA Project has been supported by SDC since many years. The project is coordinated by the International Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT) at the Zimbabwe Regional Office. Its vision was to build a comprehensive maize seed value chain functioning with strong public-private partnerships.National Agricultural Research Systems (NAR), NGOs, the private seed sector and regional organizations identified a number of constraints or bottlenecks and determined specific objectives and activities. These covered the full continuum of activities from germplasm enhancement, through seed systems, to empowering farmers to benefit more rapidly from maize breeding progress, and so increase farm-level productivity and improve livelihoods. The current phase 2 of NSIMA will end in March 2011; the expected outcomes of this phase are: 1. Provision of improved germplasm, technical backstopping, training and coordination to the activities of partners through NCU’s. 2. NCU’s to have identified bottlenecks and opportunities in the seed value chain of their respective countries, and together with relevant partners, established and facilitated activities to overcome constraints and enhance development of the seed sector based on Outcome Challenges. 3. NCU’s to have facilitated capacity building of partners and farmers relevant to the seed value chain. 4. NCU’s have advocated for appropriate policies, partnerships and promotion activities that enhance the development of the seed value chain.
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Kurzbeschreibung
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Maize is the main staple for most countries in southern Africa. Farmers'use of quality seed of improved varieties is critical for productivity and livelihood enhancement. Although improved varieties exist for many field crops, and especially maize, the proportion of farmers that regularly use improved seed remains low in southern Africa. The New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSIMA) is a Project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). It was initiated in 2005, as a network of multi-stakeholder National Coordinating Units (NCU’s) in SADC working together to strengthen the maize seed value chain so as to contribute to improving the livelihoods of resource-poor small-holder maize farmers. NSIMA Project has been supported by SDC since many years. The project is coordinated by the International Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT) at the Zimbabwe Regional Office. Its vision was to build a comprehensive maize seed value chain functioning with strong public-private partnerships.National Agricultural Research Systems (NAR), NGOs, the private seed sector and regional organizations identified a number of constraints or bottlenecks and determined specific objectives and activities. These covered the full continuum of activities from germplasm enhancement, through seed systems, to empowering farmers to benefit more rapidly from maize breeding progress, and so increase farm-level productivity and improve livelihoods. The current phase 2 of NSIMA will end in March 2011; the expected outcomes of this phase are: 1. Provision of improved germplasm, technical backstopping, training and coordination to the activities of partners through NCU’s. 2. NCU’s to have identified bottlenecks and opportunities in the seed value chain of their respective countries, and together with relevant partners, established and facilitated activities to overcome constraints and enhance development of the seed sector based on Outcome Challenges. 3. NCU’s to have facilitated capacity building of partners and farmers relevant to the seed value chain. 4. NCU’s have advocated for appropriate policies, partnerships and promotion activities that enhance the development of the seed value chain.
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Kurzbeschreibung
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Maize is the main staple for most countries in southern Africa. Farmers'use of quality seed of improved varieties is critical for productivity and livelihood enhancement. Although improved varieties exist for many field crops, and especially maize, the proportion of farmers that regularly use improved seed remains low in southern Africa. The New Seed Initiative for Maize in Southern Africa (NSIMA) is a Project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). It was initiated in 2005, as a network of multi-stakeholder National Coordinating Units (NCU’s) in SADC working together to strengthen the maize seed value chain so as to contribute to improving the livelihoods of resource-poor small-holder maize farmers. NSIMA Project has been supported by SDC since many years. The project is coordinated by the International Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT) at the Zimbabwe Regional Office. Its vision was to build a comprehensive maize seed value chain functioning with strong public-private partnerships.National Agricultural Research Systems (NAR), NGOs, the private seed sector and regional organizations identified a number of constraints or bottlenecks and determined specific objectives and activities. These covered the full continuum of activities from germplasm enhancement, through seed systems, to empowering farmers to benefit more rapidly from maize breeding progress, and so increase farm-level productivity and improve livelihoods. The current phase 2 of NSIMA will end in March 2011; the expected outcomes of this phase are: 1. Provision of improved germplasm, technical backstopping, training and coordination to the activities of partners through NCU’s. 2. NCU’s to have identified bottlenecks and opportunities in the seed value chain of their respective countries, and together with relevant partners, established and facilitated activities to overcome constraints and enhance development of the seed sector based on Outcome Challenges. 3. NCU’s to have facilitated capacity building of partners and farmers relevant to the seed value chain. 4. NCU’s have advocated for appropriate policies, partnerships and promotion activities that enhance the development of the seed value chain.
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Auftragnehmer
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David W. Karite, Albert Chiteka
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Belastetes Budget
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SDC / DEZA / DDC / DSC / COSUDE
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Gesetzliche Grundlage
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Artikel 170 der Bundesverfassung zur WirksamkeitsüberprüfungArticle 170 de la Constitution fédérale relatif à l’évaluation de l’efficacitéArticolo 170 della Costituzione federale sulla verifica dell‘efficaciaArticle 170 of the Swiss Federal Constitution on the evaluation of effectiveness
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Impressum
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Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities
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Auskunft
(Englisch)
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SDC, Regional Cooperation, East and Southern Africa Division
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