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Variety creation and evaluation
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Set priorities
Progeny selection
Variety evaluation at fieldand post-harvest events
Implement Variety Adaptation Trials
Collect farmer feedback in villages
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Village facilitators training for trial establishment
Prepare protocols/ templates for documenting farmers’ observations and assessments
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Create breeding populations
Multiply selected lines
Organize trials
Analyze results
Conduct feedback meetings
Variety registration
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Seed production
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Chose varieties for seed production and order/distribute foundation seed
Produce, store, clean and package certified seed of OPV’s, hybrids and in some cases hybrid parents
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Train facilitators to monitor seed production, processing and storage
Train cooperatives for management, accounting and marketing skills
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Produce early-generation seed
Produce training materials
Conduct training on seed production and seed certification
Organize exchange visits between seed-cooperatives
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Seed marketing and dissemination
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Collect and record testimonies from farmers for radio messaging
Set and implement seed marketing
Implement direct seed sales to farmers
Identify buyers for bulk sales of seed
Identify (new) buyers of grain, e.g. for new varieties with specific traits
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Facilitate radio transmission of information regarding varieties and sale of seed
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Prepare and facilitate communication of varietal information (e.g. fliers, seed packet labels etc.)
Facilitate organizational change
Facilitate linkages of Seed Cooperatives with other actors
Organize tools and procedures for monitoring and data collection
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