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3 rd International Summer School in AgroEcology (ISSAE) The challenges facing Seed System in Tanzania Presented by Losujaki Essau and Hazard Laurent 10 th July 2012

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3rd International Summer School in AgroEcology (ISSAE)

The challenges facing Seed System in Tanzania

Presented by Losujaki Essau and Hazard Laurent10th July 2012

Scope of the study

Kilosa

Challenges

• Low soil fertility• Effects of climate change• Salinity

Key questions

• How to increase productivity while safeguarding our ecosystems?

• Could the seeds be a way to solve fertility problem ?

Introduction of the modern cultivars

SARO introduced by research institutions the yields increased BUT farmers raised some concern with this

new rice cultivar