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Adoption of improved sorghum and pearl millet varieties in Tanzania
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Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] and pearl millets [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] are important cereals for food security in the central high plateau comprising Singida and Dodoma regions of Tanzania, and come second to maize (Zea mays L.) inthe Western (Tabora, Shinyanga, and Mwanza), and Southern (Mtwara, Lindi, and Ruvuma) Zones (Anonymous 1998). In Dodoma, Singida, Shinyanga, Mwanza, and Mara, sorghum and millets account for most of the national area under sorghum cultivation, while Dodoma, Singida, Shinyanga, and Tabora account for a large proportion of the national area under pearl millets. The area under millets includes both pearl millet and finger millet. The latter is grown mostly in Rukwa, Mara, and Kilimanjaro, and accounts forapproximately one-third of the total millet hectarage. The importance of sorghum and millets in the food basket of the Tanzanian population has led to considerable technological development, particularly of improved varieties that will provide a solid foundation for increasing farm-level productivity and incomes. A number of institutions such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), realizing the importance of quality seed of improved varieties, have from time to time provided farmers with seed through relief programs. Private seed companies have not fully engaged in the commercial aspects of developing seed of open-pollinated varieties or seed of small and coarse grains like sorghum and pearl millet. To ensure sustainableavailability of quality seed of improved varieties of these crops, SMIP worked closely with both public and private institutions to develop alternative seed systems strategies in three SADC countries including Tanzania, and measured the impact of this intervention.
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