relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11604/
title: Impact Stories and Testimonies from Diverse Actors in Groundnut Value Chain in Tanzania
creator: Akpo, E
creator: Ojiewo, C O
creator: Omoigui, L O
creator: Rubyogo, J C
creator: Varshney, R K
subject: Smallholder Farmers
subject: Genetics and Genomics
subject: Legume Crops
subject: Sub-Saharan Africa
description: Adamu, a groundnut farmer from Maugura village, Masasi, shared his success story  for being involved in TL projects (Figs. 2.1 and 2.2). “I was taught how to grow the  seeds, carry out diagnosis, how to store them, among other things. This year, there  are some seeds that I have begun putting on the ground so that I can continue conducting  research about them. Naliendele Institute gave me about 20 lines and I am  working on all of them. In fact, they have not yet been named. I’ve just planted them  in plots; from plot number one to plot number twenty.”  Nyirenda is reaping big from his seed production business. “Last year, I got 90  bags of groundnut from 4 acres, and I sold 47 bags through Naliendele. I sold to  other farmers the remaining 43 bags” he said. One bag equals to 42 kg.  Nyirenda does not regret his decision to venture into groundnut seed production.  “First, I have six children; two are in secondary school and two are in primary  school. I pay their fees from the money I earn in the groundnut business. I have built  a good house and bought more land to expand the planting area from the proceeds  of the groundnut business as well. Generally, I would say, for me this a self-sufficient  business.”  Nyirenda, however, appeals to the government to purchase planters on behalf of  the farmers as this will reduce the cost of production and increase profits. He also  thinks that if a factory is set up for groundnut value addition, farmers like him will  not struggle any longer with lack of market.
publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
date: 2020
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11604/1/10.1007_978-981-15-0845-5_2.pdf
identifier:   Akpo, E and Ojiewo, C O and Omoigui, L O and Rubyogo, J C and Varshney, R K  (2020) Impact Stories and Testimonies from Diverse Actors in Groundnut Value Chain in Tanzania.   In:  Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash.   Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 3-32.  ISBN 978-981-15-0844-8     
relation: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_2
relation: doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_2