<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Impact Stories and Testimonies from Diverse Actors in Groundnut Value Chain in Tanzania</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">E</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Akpo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">C O</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Ojiewo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">L O</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Omoigui</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">J C</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Rubyogo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R K</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Varshney</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Adamu, a groundnut farmer from Maugura village, Masasi, shared his success story&#13;
for being involved in TL projects (Figs. 2.1 and 2.2). “I was taught how to grow the&#13;
seeds, carry out diagnosis, how to store them, among other things. This year, there&#13;
are some seeds that I have begun putting on the ground so that I can continue conducting&#13;
research about them. Naliendele Institute gave me about 20 lines and I am&#13;
working on all of them. In fact, they have not yet been named. I’ve just planted them&#13;
in plots; from plot number one to plot number twenty.”&#13;
Nyirenda is reaping big from his seed production business. “Last year, I got 90&#13;
bags of groundnut from 4 acres, and I sold 47 bags through Naliendele. I sold to&#13;
other farmers the remaining 43 bags” he said. One bag equals to 42 kg.&#13;
Nyirenda does not regret his decision to venture into groundnut seed production.&#13;
“First, I have six children; two are in secondary school and two are in primary&#13;
school. I pay their fees from the money I earn in the groundnut business. I have built&#13;
a good house and bought more land to expand the planting area from the proceeds&#13;
of the groundnut business as well. Generally, I would say, for me this a self-sufficient&#13;
business.”&#13;
Nyirenda, however, appeals to the government to purchase planters on behalf of&#13;
the farmers as this will reduce the cost of production and increase profits. He also&#13;
thinks that if a factory is set up for groundnut value addition, farmers like him will&#13;
not struggle any longer with lack of market.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Smallholder Farmers</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Genetics and Genomics</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Legume Crops</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Sub-Saharan Africa</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2020</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Book Section</mods:genre></mods:mods>