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Policy options for enhancing quality groundnut seed production and delivery systems in Tanzania

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Title Policy options for enhancing quality groundnut seed production and delivery systems in Tanzania
 
Creator Akpo, A
Mwalongo, S
Lukurugu, G A
Daudi, H
Muricho, G
Minja, A
Nzunda, J
Ojiewo, C
Varshney, R K
 
Subject Tanzania
Groundnut
 
Description A stable and well-functioning groundnut seed sector
is a major step for farmers to achieve the potential of
groundnut productivity and production (Bezkorowajnyj
et al., 2007). Availing quality groundnut seed is a key
component of the groundnut value chain for farmers
in particular (NAP, 2013). Quality seed helps cope with
the recent increase in drought due to climate change,
market shift, and other biotic and abiotic stresses that
groundnut production is facing (Zurich, 2014). To make
sure that quality and superior variety seeds are produced,
the Tanzanian seed sector operations are guided by policy
and regulatory frameworks under the Seeds Acts No 29
of 1973 and the No 18 of 2003. The two Seed Acts detail
the roles and responsibilities of each seed actor in making
sure that quality seed is produced and made available to farmers across the country. The Tanzanian seed sector
has been able to release a total of 17 groundnut varieties
since the 1960s, which complement one another through
their agronomic, genetic and market attributes (Table 1).
The released groundnut varieties can be divided into
two categories, namely old varieties and recent varieties.
The groundnut varieties released before 2009 have been
categorized as old varieties (older than 10 years), while
those released in 2009 to date are considered new or
recent varieties.
 
Date 2021-09
 
Type Policy Briefs
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11923/1/Policy%20Brief_37_Policy%20options%20for%20enhancing%20quality%20groundnut%20seed%20production%20in%20Tanzania.pdf
Akpo, A and Mwalongo, S and Lukurugu, G A and Daudi, H and Muricho, G and Minja, A and Nzunda, J and Ojiewo, C and Varshney, R K (2021) Policy options for enhancing quality groundnut seed production and delivery systems in Tanzania. [Policy Briefs]