Farmer seed initiatives on african indigenous vegetables

CATALOGUING AND EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE COMMUNITY/FARMERS-BASED SEED ENTERPRISES ON AFRICAN INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES FOUR COUNTRIES.The overall objective of this study was to identify available community/farmer-based seed enterprise initiatives that focus on African Indigenous Vegetables (AIVs), evaluate the models/approaches used and recommend those that are promising for further development into economical viable models for scaling up. The information from the study will be used to develop project concept notes on scaling up of the viable AIV seed enterprises that integrate participatory variety selection and marketing linkages for both seed and the vegetables.