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Breakfast Meeting on Exploring Strategies for increasing uptake of improved seed in Uganda, 30th April 2015
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Breakfast Meeting on Exploring Strategies for increasing uptake of improved seed in Uganda, 30th April 2015
Date: April 30, 2015
Time: 7.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Venue: Kampala, Serena Hotel, Addis Room
Three institutions namely, Pearl Seed Limited (U), Tegemeo Institute, a policy research Institute under the Division of Research and Extension of Egerton University in Kenya, and the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) in Makerere University, have set out to undertake an evaluative experiment aimed at providing evidence on the effectiveness of strategies used in promoting new seed varieties. Pearl Seed Limited is a private seed company based in Uganda, whilst Makerere University and Tegemeo Institute contribute to better policy formulation in Uganda, Kenya and the region, by conducting research that informs development agencies about the effectiveness of interventions that are aimed at enhancing food security, creating wealth and sustaining the environment. Through outreach, these institutions engage with stakeholders in the public, private sector and the civil society, about possible policy and investment options that can promote uptake of technologies, enhance household incomes, food security, and agricultural and rural development in the region.
The three Institutions recently held a stakeholders’ meeting in Kampala to launch the evaluative study and disseminate early findings from a very recent baseline survey on the “Farmers Awareness, Perceptions and Opinions on Improved Seed, and their Adoption Behavior: Exploring strategies for increasing uptake of improved seed in Uganda”. The study, and the meeting were motivated by renewed efforts to up-scale the use of improved seed in the region, and the increased number of new varieties which need to be passed on to farmers for their benefit.
The event brought together representatives from the private and public institutions working in the seed industry including: seed companies, regional government, political leaders, agricultural sector ministries, research institutions and development agencies.
Proceedings
Proceedings of the Stakeholders’ Breakfast Meeting
Report
A Report on the Policy Breakfast Meeting Held at the Kampala Serena Hotel, Uganda; April 30, 2015
Participants
Field Visit
Report on the Field Visits in Hoima District, Uganda
Presentations
Opening remark, Objectives and methods of study
