Project Manager: Monica Parker
Scaling-up and Adoption of Potato in Africa through a Technology Package combining Market-driven, Climate-resilient and Novel Potato Varieties with a Seed System Innovation in Kenya and Uganda (Scaling Potato Varieties)
Summary
Accelerate and support scaling out the cuttings technology as the mechanism to improve access to new potato varieties and quality seed. Sustainable Development Goals Contribution
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Productive varieties and quality seed
Improved livelihoods at scale
Sustainable Development Goals
Contribution
Countries
Research Areas
Productive varieties and quality seed
Improved livelihoods at scale
Objectives
1. Articulate market relevant product profiles through exposing farmers to robust varieties and assessing their feedback.
2. Assess business models to produce cuttings and use cuttings to produce seed, including facilitating private-private business arrangements between primary and satellite nurseries to produce cuttings
3. Evaluate the approach of taking variety/cutting innovation package to scale considering different starting points.
GOALS
Scaling-up and Adoption of Potato in Africa through a Technology Package combining Market-driven, Climate-resilient and Novel Potato Varieties with a Seed System Innovation in Kenya and Uganda
1. At least 50,000 potato farmers, among which 30% are female farmers, will be reached in Kenya and Uganda with high quality seed of new potato varieties.
2. 30 private seed business* have the combined technical and resource capacity to annually produce and sell 500,000 cuttings, and to annually produce at least 1,000 tonnes seed from cuttings.
3. Farmer institutions, national programs, businesses, NGOs and other stakeholders raising awareness of the new varieties and rapid apical cuttings.
4. Public and private institutions transferring knowledge in producing cuttings and producing commercial and on-farm seed from cuttings by seed businesses and farmers.
5. Private-private/public partnerships to support satellite nursery systems.
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Date of project: From 2019 - To 2021
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Potato 
Funds: USD 850,000
Funds: USD 850,000
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