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Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania

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Title Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania
 
Creator Quail, Sheryl
Onyango, Leah
Recha, John W.M.
Kinyangi, James
 
Subject climate change
agriculture
food security
 
Description The private sector plays the most important role in financing agricultural investments, innovation and information dissemination where constraints on government investment render private sector actions more important. In East Africa, little is known about the participation of small businesses, independent traders, farmer organizations, large-scale wholesalers, marketing boards and cooperatives in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and their potential role in its diffusion to small-scale farmers. In particular, the informal sector is out of view even though it forms the backbone of rural agrarian economies. This study examines relationships between private sector actors and farmers and examines supply chains of agricultural inputs, as well as agricultural product value chains. The potential for using the Quality Declared Seed (QDS) system to disseminate CSA bean and potato varieties is assessed, as is the commercial maize seed supply chain and its impact on agrobiodiversity. Finally, farmer trust of private sector actors, traders in particular, is evaluated. The data used is from a survey of 100 farmers and semi-structured interviews with traders, local input suppliers, transporters and marketing organizations.
 
Date 2016
2017-12-31T15:45:55Z
2017-12-31T15:45:55Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier Quail s, Onyango L, Recha J, Kinyangi J. 2016. Private Sector Actions to Enable Climate-Smart Agriculture in Small-Scale Farming in Tanzania. In: Lal R, Kraybill D, Hansen DO, Singh BR, Mosogoya T, Eik LO, (Eds.). 2016. Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture. Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture Series. Springer International 525-551.
9783319412368
9783319412382
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89863
EA_CSV
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41238-2_28
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyrighted; all rights reserved
Limited Access
 
Format p. 525-551
 
Publisher Springer International Publishing