Publications by robin buruchara
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Transforming Last Mile Seed Delivery
The ABC-CIAT and National Agricultural Research Systems partners have developed high iron and zinc bean varieties through biofortification to combat both hidden hunger and malnutrition. This second season report continued to determine if...More
The Niche Market Product Deployment Model for High-Iron Beans
The ABC-CIAT and PABRA in partnership with KALRO, Cereal Growers Association, CRS, Bubayi Products Ltd and its agrodealer network and 17 county governments in Kenya, developed a niche market product deployment model with the objective of...More
Transforming Last Mile Seed Delivery
This report focuses on a pilot in Western Kenya focusing on the niche market business model with the objective of ensuring efficient and effective last mile delivery of the niche variety to farmers by linking Bubayi Products Ltd. and agrodealers to motorbike riders commonly known as boda boda.More
Six Lessons for Seed Sector Development in Fragile States
Existing models for seed sector development are not viable in fragile states. Based on case studies in Haiti, Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, combined with literature review and first-hand experience, six lessons for seed sector development in fragile states have been...More