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datestamp: 2020-09-07 08:29:29
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creators_name: Akpo, E
creators_name: Ojiewo, C O
creators_name: Omoigui, L O
creators_name: Rubyogo, J C
creators_name: Varshney, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Akpo, E
icrisatcreators_name: Ojiewo, C O
icrisatcreators_name: Varshney, R K
affiliation: ICRISAT (Nairobi)
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kano, Nigeria
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Arusha, Tanzania
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: Kenya
country: Nigeria
country: Tanzania
country: India
title: Impact Stories and Testimonies from Diverse Actors in Groundnut Value Chain in Tanzania
ispublished: pub
subjects: GL1
subjects: s2.13
subjects: s355
subjects: s4004
divisions: CRPS5
divisions: CRPS3
divisions: CRPS1
full_text_status: public
keywords: Grain legume productivity, Smallholder farmers, Impact stories, Multi-stakeholders, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tropical Legumes projects
abstract: 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.
date: 2020
publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
place_of_pub: Singapore
pagerange: 3-32
pages: 30
id_number: doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_2
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-981-15-0844-8
book_title: Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_2
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11604/1/10.1007_978-981-15-0845-5_2.pdf