Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Seeds”
An article from IFDC explaining how The Potato Value Chain Capacity Building (PCB) project has boosted agricultural productivity in Nyandarua County. For many years, Nyandarua County was known as Kenya’s food basket. Farms were productive, and rains were adequate, resulting in high surplus production. Sufficient land was also available for farmers to plant their crops. However, many different elements have …
An article from Alliance for Science with details on the new 3R Victoria potato variety. Imagine being a potato farmer in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda or Nigeria. On a small piece of land, which you depend on for food and income, you have spent months planting, weeding and watering. Up to twice a week, you manually spray your field, sometimes with …
A textbook covering all aspects of potato history, cultivation, and nutritional value. As the wise and old saying goes, “it takes a village to raise a child”; it also takes a large number of authors to develop a book like this one. Over sixty to be more pre- cise, coincidentally close to the nearly 50 years of the International Potato …
A research paper and case study looking at important potato varieties in Ethiopia. Understanding farmers’ needs and local genetic resources are crucial steps to improve and conserve the potato crop. A study was conducted to understand what potato traits Ethiopian farmers consider most important, and to characterize the diversity and distribution of local varieties. Growers from six districts were surveyed …
An articles from the Eritrean Ministry of Agriculture Newsletter outlining potato cultivating initiatives across the country. The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is working hard to increase potato production using improved and globally standardized potato varieties. In Eritrea, two local varieties of potato, known as karneshm and shashemene, have been cultivated for many years. Over time, productivity of these varieties has …
A presentation outlining the basic benefits of potato farming with a case study examining Kishima Farm and the construction of their potato store. View/Download the powerpoint presentation (6.2mb)
A manual produced by KEPHIS (KENYA PLANT HEALTH INSPECTORATE SERVICE) detailing inspection and quality assurance of seeds provided to Kenyan farmers. KEPHIS ensures that only high quality seed of released varieties are available for use by the farmers. This is achieved through field inspection, seed processing, seed testing, post control plots and post certification survey. View/Download The Manual (698KB)
A presentation from Eritrea-Ireland Development Partnership office in Eritrea (EIDP) looking at the progress and plans for the current Seed Potato Project. View/Download The Presentation (5.6mb)
An article from the Eritrean Ministry of Information detailing an Eritrean potato project and it’s results since 2015. The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) of the Ministry is promoting potato production through farmers-based research. The project, which was launched in 2015 includes potato seed provision, multiplication, and, capacity development of farmers and experts on potato seed management to boost the …
