Tropical Legumes III

Groundnut Seed Roadmap for Tanzania

By Juma R. Mfaume, O. K. Mponda, & E.

Monyo

Outcome

• Groundnut seed production, distribution and supply systems established in Tanzania

Strategic partners & their roles in Groundnut Seed Systems

Partner Role

Naliendele Agricultural Research Institute

(NARI)

Germplasm maintenance, Variety development,

evaluation and release. Production of Breeder and

Foundation seed

Agricultural Seed Agency (ASA)

Seed systems support, helping collaborating NGO`s,

Private seed companies, Agro-dealers and FRG`s with

quality seed production/ monitoring

Tanzania Official Seed Certification Institute

(TOSCI)

Field & seed inspection, sampling, seed testing, variety evaluation & verification through NPT, DUS tests & control plot testing

District Agricultural Irrigation & Cooperative

Offices (DAICO`s)

Provision of guidance in crop production technologies and

associated packages e.g GAP

Farmers and Farmer Groups Users

Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society

(AMCOS)

Capacitate farmers formation of associations for collective

production and marketing

International Crops Research Institute for Semi-

Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Provide improved groundnut germplasm, capacity

building through training& research on cost-effective

methods for technology dissemination.

Private sector (market intermediaries and

emerging small-scale seed enterprises and

processors) = Private seed CO`s, NGO`s, Agro-

dealers & Individual farmers.

Input and output Marketing , Processing and

commercialization of groundnut seed and products

Improved groundnut varieties in TZ

Name of Variety

Variety Code Group Year of

Release

Nyota Span cross Spanish 1983

Johari Robut-33 Virginia 1985

Sawia ICGMS-46 Virginia 1998

Pendo ICGMS -33 Spanish 1998

Mnanje ICGV-SM-86737 Virginia 2009

Masasi ICGV-SM-01721 Virginia 2009

Mangaka ICGV-SM-99557 Spanish 2009

Nachingwea ICGV-SM- 01711 Virginia 2009

Naliendele ICGV-SM-99555 Spanish 2009

NPT recommended varieties

Variety

ICGV –SM 90704

ICGV – SM 01731

ICGV 8326

Improved groundnut photos

Naliendele 2009

Mangaka 2009

Masasi 2009

Targeted groundnut varieties

Ecology Varieties Available breeder/basic seeds (t) Southern highlands

Nachingwea 0.53 Mangaka 0.86

Southern Pendo 1.62

Lake zone

Mnanje 0.92 Masasi 0.76

Northern zone

Mnanje 0.92 Mangaka 0.86 Nachingwea 0.53

Total 7.00

Project sites

• Lake zone (Bukombe, Kahama &Ushetu )

• Northern zone (Arusha & Manyara

• Southern Highlands zone (Mbozi, & Momba)

• Southern zone (Masasi, Nanyumbu, Tunduru)

• Central zone (Chamwino, Bahi & Singida rural)

• Western zone (Uyui, Urambo & Kaliua)

30% of area under cultivation

Ecology (Zone) 30% area under cultivation (Ha)

Northern 13,115 Central 34,746 Eastern 3,175 Southern 46,852

Southern Highland 41,488 Lake 82,993 Western 47,944 TOTAL (30%) 270,313

Country Total (100%) 810,940

Seed production roadmap

Various Seed classes

2015 (15%)

2016 (25%)

2017 (40%)

2018 (20%)

Total (tons)

Breeder

13.40

22.40

35.80

17.90

89.54

Foundation

251.80

419.70

671.50

335.80

1,678.87

Certified/ QDS

4,721.8

7.869.7

12,591.60

6,295.80

31,478.8

Production roadmap by variety

Variety Breeder seed (tons) Basic seed (tons) Certified seed (tons)

Mnanje 2009

12.31 230.89 4,329.23

Masasi 2009

5.05 94.75 1,776.60

Mangaka 2009

11.43 214.25 4,017.25

Nachingwea 2009

7.03 131.77 2,470.66

Naliendele 2009

0.60 11.27 211.35

Nachi 2013

0.56 10.49 194.64

Thank you !