Key words
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Seed, Security, Agriculture, FANRPAN, SADC, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Key words
(English)
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Seed, Security, Agriculture, FANRPAN, SADC, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Key words
(French)
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Seed, Security, Agriculture, FANRPAN, SADC, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Key words
(Italian)
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Seed, Security, Agriculture, FANRPAN, SADC, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Short description
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In Africa, there can be no food security without seed security. Seeds are expensive, generally of poor quality and difficult to access due to trade barriers. With a swelling global population and projected future yield losses due to climate change, there is a need to step one level down the production chain and pay adequate attention to this most primary of agricultural inputs: the seed. Seed security guarantees that farmers, especially small scale farmers, enjoy uninterrupted access to quality seeds and new varieties at affordable prices and at the right time. For this reason, in 2010, the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) launched a four-year project to boost seed security within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The pilot project, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and USAID, initially covered four countries, namely, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The project ultimately aims to create a secure SADC wide system that will provide farmers with improved quality seeds now and in the future. In particular, it addresses the needs of resource-poor small holder farmers whose seed systems have been affected by a history of recurrent disasters and rely mainly on informal seed sources.
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Short description
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In Africa, there can be no food security without seed security. Seeds are expensive, generally of poor quality and difficult to access due to trade barriers. With a swelling global population and projected future yield losses due to climate change, there is a need to step one level down the production chain and pay adequate attention to this most primary of agricultural inputs: the seed. Seed security guarantees that farmers, especially small scale farmers, enjoy uninterrupted access to quality seeds and new varieties at affordable prices and at the right time. For this reason, in 2010, the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) launched a four-year project to boost seed security within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The pilot project, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and USAID, initially covered four countries, namely, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The project ultimately aims to create a secure SADC wide system that will provide farmers with improved quality seeds now and in the future. In particular, it addresses the needs of resource-poor small holder farmers whose seed systems have been affected by a history of recurrent disasters and rely mainly on informal seed sources.
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Short description
(French)
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In Africa, there can be no food security without seed security. Seeds are expensive, generally of poor quality and difficult to access due to trade barriers. With a swelling global population and projected future yield losses due to climate change, there is a need to step one level down the production chain and pay adequate attention to this most primary of agricultural inputs: the seed. Seed security guarantees that farmers, especially small scale farmers, enjoy uninterrupted access to quality seeds and new varieties at affordable prices and at the right time. For this reason, in 2010, the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) launched a four-year project to boost seed security within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The pilot project, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and USAID, initially covered four countries, namely, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The project ultimately aims to create a secure SADC wide system that will provide farmers with improved quality seeds now and in the future. In particular, it addresses the needs of resource-poor small holder farmers whose seed systems have been affected by a history of recurrent disasters and rely mainly on informal seed sources.
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Short description
(Italian)
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In Africa, there can be no food security without seed security. Seeds are expensive, generally of poor quality and difficult to access due to trade barriers. With a swelling global population and projected future yield losses due to climate change, there is a need to step one level down the production chain and pay adequate attention to this most primary of agricultural inputs: the seed. Seed security guarantees that farmers, especially small scale farmers, enjoy uninterrupted access to quality seeds and new varieties at affordable prices and at the right time. For this reason, in 2010, the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) launched a four-year project to boost seed security within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The pilot project, supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and USAID, initially covered four countries, namely, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The project ultimately aims to create a secure SADC wide system that will provide farmers with improved quality seeds now and in the future. In particular, it addresses the needs of resource-poor small holder farmers whose seed systems have been affected by a history of recurrent disasters and rely mainly on informal seed sources.
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Contractor
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Gregory Chanda Chilufya, Zambia
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Charged budget
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SDC / DEZA / DDC / DSC / COSUDE
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Legal basis
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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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Copyright
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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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Information
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SDC, Regional Cooperation, East and Southern Africa Division
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