Accelerating delivery of stress-tolerant, nutritious seed in Eastern and Southern Africa

Published 2023년 5월 24일

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The Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I), backed by USAID, is aiming to provide stress-tolerant seeds to farmers in remote areas of Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia, with the help of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and over 20 partners. The project aims to improve maize and legume seed systems by providing diverse seed options, setting up mega-demonstrations, and introducing fall armyworm-tolerant maize hybrids and improved legume varieties. The initiative also focuses on strengthening seed stockists and linking seed growers and buyers, with the goal of providing improved seeds to hundreds of thousands of farmers through agricultural development agents.

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Accelerated delivery with a difference is underway in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia to ensure access to stress-tolerant seeds for underserved farmers in remote areas. Supported by USAID, the Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I) project brings public-private and civil society together to address the impacts of climate change, pests and diseases, and food shocks on maize and legume systems. One simple and cost-effective solution to tackle these threats is last mile delivery of stress-tolerant and nutritious seeds. Ensuring that farmers have access to a diverse range of seeds means they can choose the best varieties to suit their needs and their local environment. Through AID-I, scientists at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) are working with over 20 global, regional, national, and local partners to strengthen maize and legume seed systems in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. So far, in 2023, the team has set up over a hundred mega-demonstrations ...

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