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Seed quality is an important determinant in field performance and marketable yields of crop produ... more Seed quality is an important determinant in field performance and marketable yields of crop production. Low quality and small quantities of available seeds are major constraints in African leafy vegetable (ALV) production and limit the ability to provide farmers more options for growing health food. Capacity building was done through the Horticultural Innovation Lab, programme to assist farmer groups to produce quality ALV seed using the semi-informal seed system (SSS) for the dissemination of five newly released, high yielding improved ALV varieties. The ALVs seed plots were monitored by programme implementers during seed production. Thereafter, to determine the quality of ALVs seed produced through the SSS, seed samples of African nightshade (Solanum scabrum), spider plant (Cleome gynandra) and amaranth (Amaranth cruentus) were collected from farmer group members in Nandi South and Busia Counties. Another set of seed samples of the same species of vegetables produced through the Informal seed system (ISS), were sourced from the local market in Kakamega for quality comparison with seeds from the SSS.
Seed quality is an important determinant in field performance and marketable yields of crop produ... more Seed quality is an important determinant in field performance and marketable yields of crop production. Low quality and small quantities of available seeds are major constraints in African leafy vegetable (ALV) production and limit the ability to provide farmers more options for growing health food. Capacity building was done through the Horticultural Innovation Lab, programme to assist farmer groups to produce quality ALV seed using the semi-informal seed system (SSS) for the dissemination of five newly released, high yielding improved ALV varieties. The ALVs seed plots were monitored by programme implementers during seed production. Thereafter, to determine the quality of ALVs seed produced through the SSS, seed samples of African nightshade (Solanum scabrum), spider plant (Cleome gynandra) and amaranth (Amaranth cruentus) were collected from farmer group members in Nandi South and Busia Counties. Another set of seed samples of the same species of vegetables produced through the Informal seed system (ISS), were sourced from the local market in Kakamega for quality comparison with seeds from the SSS.
Seed quality is an important determinant in field performance and marketable yields of crop produ... more Seed quality is an important determinant in field performance and marketable yields of crop production. Low quality and small quantities of available seeds are major constraints in African leafy vegetable (ALV) production and limit the ability to provide farmers more options for growing health food. Capacity building was done through the Horticultural Innovation Lab, programme to assist farmer groups to produce quality ALV seed using the semi-informal seed system (SSS) for the dissemination of five newly released, high yielding improved ALV varieties. The ALVs seed plots were monitored by programme implementers during seed production. Thereafter, to determine the quality of ALVs seed produced through the SSS, seed samples of African nightshade (Solanum scabrum), spider plant (Cleome gynandra) and amaranth (Amaranth cruentus) were collected from farmer group members in Nandi South and Busia Counties. Another set of seed samples of the same species of vegetables produced through the Informal seed system (ISS), were sourced from the local market in Kakamega for quality comparison with seeds from the SSS.
Seed quality is an important determinant in field performance and marketable yields of crop produ... more Seed quality is an important determinant in field performance and marketable yields of crop production. Low quality and small quantities of available seeds are major constraints in African leafy vegetable (ALV) production and limit the ability to provide farmers more options for growing health food. Capacity building was done through the Horticultural Innovation Lab, programme to assist farmer groups to produce quality ALV seed using the semi-informal seed system (SSS) for the dissemination of five newly released, high yielding improved ALV varieties. The ALVs seed plots were monitored by programme implementers during seed production. Thereafter, to determine the quality of ALVs seed produced through the SSS, seed samples of African nightshade (Solanum scabrum), spider plant (Cleome gynandra) and amaranth (Amaranth cruentus) were collected from farmer group members in Nandi South and Busia Counties. Another set of seed samples of the same species of vegetables produced through the Informal seed system (ISS), were sourced from the local market in Kakamega for quality comparison with seeds from the SSS.