Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Improving women farmers’ access to quality seeds in Uganda

Small-scale farmers, particularly women, face challenges that affect their seed sovereignty such as lack of access to quality seed, the influx of fake seeds in the markets, and increasing pressure from multinational corporations. With all these challenges it is difficult to increase production and productivity to achieve food security and sovereignty. ESAFF Uganda used a community-led seed security model in one district of Northern Uganda to ensure that small scale farmers can access quality seed and have the power and right to save, use, exchange and sell seeds. Also available in French
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectSeed system
PublisherAlliance for Food Sovereignty (AFSA)
Publication year2019
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesFrench; English
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://afsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/uganda-english.pdf
KeywordsSeed management; Value chain; Women farmers