Promoting farmer‐led seed enterprises of African indigenous vegetables to boost household incomes and nutrition in Kenya and Tanzania

This paper describes the process used and the success achieved in an ongoing pilot project aimed at validating and promoting farmer‐led seed enterprise (FLSE) models for sustainable supply of quality seeds of AIVs. This is being implemented in Kenya and Tanzania, however, the lessons learned on these models will be shared for scaling up in other countries. Three FLSE models are being evaluated: private sector seed company‐mediated model, research‐mediated model and informal grade model. The success of the models is based on development of technical capacities of seed producers as well as building strategic and functional linkages through public private partnership with institutions/organisations in the value chain.