Table 1: Varieties commercialised from 2010-2015 by ASIF investees
OPV MAIZE
HYBRID MAIZE
LEGUMES
PLANT TISSUE
TOTAL
ETHIOPIA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
KENYA |
5 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
23 |
MALAWI |
3 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
18 |
MOZAMBIQUE |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
RWANDA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
TANZANIA |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
UGANDA |
5 |
5 |
11 |
0 |
21 |
TOTAL |
15 |
20 |
29 |
5 |
69 |
2. Food security: The access to improved seed increases yields and this translates to increased food security for Africa. To measure the outcomes of the investment to food security, we shall look at: a. Growth and tonnage of seed accessed by smallholder farmers through the life of the Fund b. Translation of volume of certified seed sold to grain produced. The use of certified seed has resulted into yield improvements as high as 50 %, without which, adverse effects would potentially have been felt in regard to food security c. Household access to food in terms of consumption per capita
Figure 1: Maize Seed Volume Produced
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