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Promotion of quality vegetable seed in Kenya. Final Technical Report

author(s) Spence, N.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Central Science Laboratory, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Sand Hutton, York, UK., 163 pp

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Abstract

The overall aim of the project described in this Final Technical report was to promote a sustainable system for farmer-led multiplication of kale seed for smallholder farmers in the Kinale region of peri-urban Kenya, in order to improve the quality, health and availability of kale seed to smallholder farmers. Emphasis was on farmer-to-farmer distribution under the regulation of KARI, KEPHIS and in collaboration with NGOs. The project also sought to promote the value of producing or purchasing good quality seed

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