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General information
| Innovation ID | 681 |
| Version ID | 189 |
| Innovation Title | Satellite Nursery Production of Potato Rooted Apical Cuttings by Private Sector in Kenya and Uganda |
| Innovation description | Making cuttings more accessible by producing cuttings in small scale nurseries to make cuttings more accessible to rural farming communities and hence increasing users. |
| Reporting Staff | Monica Parker (CIP) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2021 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Production systems and Management practices |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 4: uptake by next user |
| Year (Stage) | 2021 |
| Stage Description | Eleven small-scale nurseries developed their capacity, learning that meticulous attention to mother plant management is key to successful production of apical cuttings. They collectively sold 198,418 apical cuttings to private buyers. Smallholder farmers within the community of the nursery bought cuttings to produce seed on-farm for the following season. |
| Next User Organization | CBOs (Community based organizations) and farmers' groups,Private sector |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Potato Center |
| Top 5 contributors | Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization; National Potato Council of Kenya; Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service; National Agricultural Research Organisation, Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute; Agromax Ltd |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | Self Help Africa-Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO); Farm Input Promotions Africa Ltd.-Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO); Stokman Rozen Kenya Ltd.-Private Sector |
| Main CGIAR portfolio | CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas |
| Flagship project | FP2-Adapted productive varieties and quality seed of RTB crops |
| Cluster | PO2.4-Improving Livelihoods of Potato Farmers in Africa by Tackling Deteriorated Seed Quality through an Integrated Approach |
| Other CGIAR portfolios-Flagships-Clusters |
Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Kenya,Uganda |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Closed yield gaps through improved agronomic and animal husbandry practices |
| Other Sub-IDO | |
| Other Sub-IDO |
Evidences
| Evidences | "Monica Parker. (25/5/2021). Catalyzing a Greater Supply of Seed Potato in Kenya - Agrilink. URL: https://www.agrilinks.org/post/catalyzing-greater-supply-seed-potato-kenya""Monica Parker. (21/7/2021). Smart Farm FreshCrop. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center (CIP) (Executive Producer).""Pieter Wauters, Monica Parker. (26/11/2021). Cuttings and new varieties of potato in Uganda: Video in partnership with Self Help Africa. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center (CIP) (Executive Producer).""Pieter Wauters, Monica Parker. (29/3/2021). Rooted apical cuttings hold great promise for Ugandan potato, in \"Monitor Uganda\", pp. 10-15.""Monica Parker, Peter VanderZaag, Shadrack Nyawade, Pieter Wauters, Alex Barekye, Tung Pham, Cynthia Kiswa. (25/6/2021). Apical Rooted Cuttings Revolutionize Seed Potato Production by Smallholder Farmers in the Tropic United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: InTechOpen.""Pieter Wauters, Monica Parker. (19/5/2021). Rooted apical cuttings in Uganda: opportunities and challenges. Research Brief 02. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center (CIP).""Monica Parker. (24/12/2020). Farmer inspires better lives through quality seed potato. Peru: International Potato Center (CIP).""Wauters, P. Parker, M. (2020). Rooted apical cuttings for on-farm seed production for potato - Kenya. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center. 2 p.""Wauters, P. Parker, M. (2020). Rooted apical cuttings for on-farm seed production for potato - Kenya. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center. 2 p.""Wauters, P. Parker, M. (2020). Rooted apical cuttings for on-farm seed production for potato - Kenya. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center. 2 p.""Wauters, P. Parker, M. (2020). Rooted apical cuttings for on-farm seed production for potato - Kenya. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center. 2 p.""Shadrack Nyawade, Monica Parker. (26/11/2020). Robust Potato variety advertisement Compare Apical cuttings to Stem cuttings and – what is needed to know, National Potato Council of Kenya , in \"The Potato Magazine Kenya\", pp. 26-29.""Dinah Borus. (16/12/2019). From small-scale farmer to commercial seed potato producer: Cecinta’s story.""Monica Parker. (15/3/2019). Production of apical cuttings of potato. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center (CIP)." |
Linked Elements
| Milestones |
| Outcome Impact Case | Eleven private small-scale nurseries in Kenya and Uganda have invested to produce rooted apical cuttings enabling more than 9,900 farmers to access robust varieties and seed https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/f742aa Improved potato management by 72,000 organized Kenyan farmers generates $34 million in sales over 6 years https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/a29f00 |
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