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标题：Assessing sustainability factors of farmer seed production: a case of the Good Seed Initiative project in Tanzania
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作者：M. K. Kansiime ; M. Bundi ; J. Nicodemus 等
期刊名称：Agriculture & Food Security
电子版ISSN：2048-7010
出版年度：2021
卷号：10
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Quality seed is at the core of the technological packages needed to increase crop production, nutrition, and rural wellbeing. However, smallholder farmers in Tanzania have limited access to affordable quality seeds, and over 90% of seed sown is saved by farmers from previous harvests, though its quality is often poor. The Good Seed Initiative (GSI) aimed to enhance access to quality African indigenous vegetable (AIV) seed in Tanzania, through the promotion of farmer seed production, using two models—contract farming and Quality Declared Seed (QDS). This study assessed post-GSI project sustainability factors and explored the prospects for replicating the approach in a wider regional context.