EVENT NAME Grain Market: A Pull for Seed Businesses across Bean Corridors in Tanzania EVENT DATE: FRIDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2021 EVENT BY: SHAUNTICE MCCORKLE ----------------------------------------------- EVENT CHAT [2021-12-17 09:32:39] [Nikaj] good morning everyone, my name is Nik and I am the COP of the Feed the future Supporting Seed Systems for Development activity. With CRS in the US. Excited about the webinar. [2021-12-17 09:32:40] [Michael Saltz] Thank you for joining us! Please introduce yourself here. [2021-12-17 09:33:34] [David Hughes] David Hughes, Chief of Party, Data for Development, Tanzania [2021-12-17 09:33:41] [Guest] Hello everyone, I am Mohamed Hajji Ibrahim Deputy Director at Monitoring and Evaluation-Nairobi, Kenya. [2021-12-17 09:33:46] [Carl Wahl] Carl Wahl, Sr. Agriculture Advisor, USAID / BHA - DC / USA [2021-12-17 09:33:51] [Deepa Thiagarajan] Hello, this is Deepa Thiagarajan from USAID FtF Legume Systems Innovation Lab at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA [2021-12-17 09:34:26] [Sam sheka Moi] Hello, Sam from Sierra Leone. [2021-12-17 09:34:33] [Enock Maereka] Enock Maereka [2021-12-17 09:34:46] [Ones Karuho] Ones Karuho, Head of Markets, AGRA , Nairobi, Kenya [2021-12-17 09:34:58] [Hamdino Ahmed] Greetings from Egypt, This is Hamdino Ahmed, Senior Researcher and International Seed Expert, Horticulture Research Institute, Egypt [2021-12-17 09:35:07] [Rachel Voss] Rachel Voss, Gender Specialist, CIMMYT-Kenya [2021-12-17 09:35:07] [Joseph A. Pharudi] Hello, I'm Joseph from Botswana [2021-12-17 09:35:20] [Mel Oluoch] I am Mel Oluoch from Sasakawa Africa Association in Ethiopia [2021-12-17 09:35:26] [Grace Ene Anyebe] Hi. Good Afternoon from Nigeria. I'm Ene Anyebe an Agronomist with Fruits and Veggies, an agro processor and private potato seed company. I'm excited to be here and looking forward to learning more about the Tanzanian Seed System [2021-12-17 09:35:35] [Jessica Rudder] Hi all - I'm Jess an agriculture economist and postdoctoral scholar at University of Chicago [2021-12-17 09:35:35] [Lovemore Mutaviri] Hi everyone, I am Lovemore Mutaviri, a Research Officer (Entomologist) in Zimbabwe's Ministry of Agriculture [2021-12-17 09:35:43] [Abigail Merolle] Hello, I am Abigail Merolle, undergraduate student at Florida International University. [2021-12-17 09:35:51] [Kemal Kasim Ahmed] Hello every one Am Kemal Kasim from Ethiopia, Seed Sector Development Specialist and Lecturer, Haramaya University, Ethiopia [2021-12-17 09:36:20] [joventine jovenary] Joventine jovenary from Dar es salaam Tanzania working @ www.lealc.co.tz a social entity specialised in empowering SMEs in legal Context. [2021-12-17 09:36:30] [Jose Cristobal Padilla Arias] Hello,I´m Jose Padilla from Honduras.NCBACLUSA Field Coordinator in Honduras for F2F Program. [2021-12-17 09:36:39] [Enock Maereka] Enock Maereka. Agribusiness Consultant based in Zimbabwe, formerly , a seed business specialist in the CGIAR [2021-12-17 09:36:50] [Guest] Hello all, I’m Kathryn Merckel, Associate Director of Nutrition and Food Systems at ACDI/VOCA in DC [2021-12-17 09:37:14] [Guest] Hi, I am Costanza, from the University of Reading, and working at CSIRO currently [2021-12-17 09:37:23] [Innocent SIMPUNGA] Dr. Innocent SIMPUNGA Managing Director of Ag Trust ltd , Rwanda [2021-12-17 09:37:34] [LEWIS KAMIRI] Jambo, I am an Independent Consultant who have worked in East Africa and on Seed System. [2021-12-17 09:37:34] [Khalid Omar Ali] Good evening, here are Dr. Khalid Omar Ali Executive director of CSET Agriculture Research and Development of the Somalia [2021-12-17 09:37:37] [Raphaële Ng] Hi everybody, I am Raphaële, with Self Help Africa. We've worked with seed sectors across Africa. Supporting seed unions, cooperatives, groups and networks, SHA has linked with breeders, foundation seed producers, and seed customers of the critical food security crops where commercial seed companies are absent due to a lack of profitability. [2021-12-17 09:38:34] [Michael Kilango] Hello, I'm Michael Kilango Bean Breeder from TARI Uyole Tanzania [2021-12-17 09:38:39] [Eliot Masters] Eliot Masters, specialist in biodiverse food systems for nutritional resilience [2021-12-17 09:40:30] [JULIUS MBIU] Hi everyOne! my Name is Julius Peter Mbiu, working for Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) As Common Bean Breeder in Tanzania [2021-12-17 09:40:50] [Raya Joseph Amara Nundu ] Hello, I am Raya Amara Nundu from TARI, Maruku Center Tanzania. One of the Yellow beans Survey team by then [2021-12-17 09:41:47] [Martin Isyagi] Hi eveybody,Im Martin Isyagi Bean seed producer ,Sani ltd,Lilongwe Malawi [2021-12-17 09:43:42] [Edith Kadege] Hello, Im Edith Kadege, Bean researcher - Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) [2021-12-17 09:44:12] [Guest] Clare Mukankusi: Bean breeder-Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Kampala, Uganda [2021-12-17 09:44:14] [Stephen Walsh] Greetings Enock Maereka. [2021-12-17 09:44:39] [Esther M. Njuguna-Mungai] Hello, I am Esther Njuguna-Mungai, Senior Gender Scientist at ILRI [2021-12-17 09:44:42] [Dr Emmanuel Monyo] Emmanuel Monyo, CEO - ALSSEM COMPANY LTD. LEGUME BREEDER Private sector [2021-12-17 09:44:44] [Md Alamgir Akter] Hello this is Alamgir from Canada [2021-12-17 09:45:17] [Deborah Obise] Greetings everyone, Deborah Obise from Mercy Corps Abuja Nigeria [2021-12-17 09:46:00] [Busani bafana] Greetings. I am Busani Bafana, development journalist, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe [2021-12-17 09:46:04] [Enock Maereka] Greetings Stephen. Good to connect again 😀 [2021-12-17 09:46:20] [Domisian Mabula ] Habari za jioni, from Tanzania [2021-12-17 09:46:53] [Teshale Assefa Mamo] Hi, I am Teshale Mamo from Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, based in Arusha, Tanzania [2021-12-17 09:47:26] [Francis Chomba] Hello everyone. I am Francis Chomba. I am Livelihoods Officer (Food Security Program) for Caritas Kasama in Zambia. I am to be part of this informative webinar. [2021-12-17 09:47:50] [Mary Amos Ndimbo] Hi, Mary Ndimbo, Bean breeder from Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Uyole - Tanzania [2021-12-17 09:48:59] [Mohamed Tork] Hello to everybody Eng / Mohamed Tork Egypt [2021-12-17 09:49:22] [Francis Chomba] Hello everyone. I am Francis Chomba. Livelihoods Officer (Food Security Program) for Caritas Kasama in Zambia. I am happy to be part of this informative webinar. [2021-12-17 09:49:46] [Guest] Hello, I am Nancy Allen from UC Davis (College of Ag. & Env. Sciences, Global Engagement Office). [2021-12-17 09:51:06] [Carl Wahl] @Francis good to hear from NP and bean producing districts, hope the rains have commenced. [2021-12-17 09:51:26] [Guest] Hello Colleagues. Noel Templer, Alliance-CIAT/PABRA, Development Specialist (Seed systems) [2021-12-17 09:52:32] [Lwasa Ronald] Hello, Ronald Lwasa, Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT/PABRA - Uganda. [2021-12-17 09:55:59] [Innocent SIMPUNGA] I am an expert in value chains development [2021-12-17 09:56:31] [Francis Chomba] @Carl Thanks. We have experienced some dry spells. It's when we are seeing drizzles of rains in isolated places. [2021-12-17 09:56:35] [Saurav Nepal] hello i am saurav nepal from Nepal [2021-12-17 09:56:40] [Omary Ukwengwe] good presentation, and thank you [2021-12-17 09:58:01] [Stephen Walsh] Curious if the seed issues vary within these yellow bean varieties -- also from the grain legume perspective, which of these varieties are driving the yellow bean market? [2021-12-17 09:58:45] [Michael Saltz] Hi Stephen! Please paste your question in the Q&A box in the bottom right. [2021-12-17 10:05:24] [Eileen Bogweh Nchanji] Eileen nchanji. Gender and Social Inclusion expert. Alliance/PABRA [2021-12-17 10:05:30] [Ian Mashingaidze] Ian Mashingaidze, wit the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), a Pan-African policy thinktank based in Pretoria, South Africa [2021-12-17 10:10:26] [Dr. Mashamba Philipo] Hi! I am Mashamba Philipo from The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania [2021-12-17 10:12:54] [Jimoh Abdulkabir Ishola] I am listening from Lagos Nigeria.I have just joined and it is my hope that the yellow bean will be very nutritious [2021-12-17 10:13:21] [Jimoh Abdulkabir Ishola] I am Imaam Hajj Engr Abdulkabir Jimoh Adekilekun [2021-12-17 10:16:16] [Nikaj] Thank you Louise, great talk. [2021-12-17 10:18:44] [Shida Nestory] Hi I,m Shida Nestory I support bean activities in Tanzania based in Arusha also Dry bean breeder [2021-12-17 10:20:01] [Nikaj] Wonderful to hear from you Gaudencia [2021-12-17 10:20:23] [Rex Ukaejiofo ] Rex Ukaejiofo, BHA-USAID/DC [2021-12-17 10:23:00] [Wael Fathy Ali] Good evening from Egypt [2021-12-17 10:23:27] [Mary Wanjeri Mbugua] Mary Mbugua, Office of Economic Growth and Integration - USAID/KEA [2021-12-17 10:24:13] [Carl Wahl] @Francis. Thanks for the updates. Hopefully rain will come soon. [2021-12-17 10:28:23] [Nikaj] Thank you much Dr. Mkamilo for the TARI insights. [2021-12-17 10:28:56] [Kas Banage] Are any of the Yellow bean varieties bio-fortified? How does one get details? kasaija.banage@gmail.com [2021-12-17 10:29:55] [Nkalubo Stanley] good work Tanzanian colleagues. keep it up we supporting you here in Uganda. stanley [2021-12-17 10:30:55] [Paul Alberghine] I'm joining late after another meeting. Representing USDA FAS as the Tanzania analyst for McGovern-Dole and LRP. [2021-12-17 10:35:14] [Carlos Malita] Carlos Malita, (FtF Improved Seeds for Better Agriculture), Mozambique - Project Manager [2021-12-17 10:35:33] [Kenea Desisa] Hello, This is Kenea Desisa from Ethiopia Mercy Corps Risilience In Pastoral Area Project. Thanks all [2021-12-17 10:36:32] [Nikaj] Thank you Jeff. [2021-12-17 10:36:35] [Paul Alberghine] Under McGovern-Dole we have been funding PCI in school feeding in the Mara Region going back to FY20. On three McGovern-Dole, one LRP and one MFFAPP with Kansas State University carrying out efficacy trials on three new non-GE fortified blended foods (CSB14, sorghum-cowpea blend or SCB and sorghum-cowpea blend or SCB) all based on recommendations and from the 2011 Tufts University/USAID FAQR report. [2021-12-17 10:38:47] [Paul Alberghine] I meant sorghum-soybean blend or SSB for the last product. All of this MFFAPP work was done FY12-16. Further info - paul.alberghine@usda.gov [2021-12-17 10:46:20] [Nikaj] For the full yellow bean report, please visit the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse: https://dec.usaid.gov/dec/search/FusionSearchResults.aspx?q=s34d [2021-12-17 10:47:17] [Nikaj] Direct link to the report: https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00XS8V.pdf [2021-12-17 10:48:09] [Dionis Tshonde ] Hello Everyone! Dionis Damas, Mpendakazi Agribusiness Company- Mbeya, Tanzania [2021-12-17 10:50:01] [Paul Alberghine] Under McGovern-Dole, USDA sent pinto beans from the US from 2010 through 2018. Then through LRP in 2018 PCI switched to a local Tanzania dish or "makande" for school feeding in a subset of schools using local beans and maize grown in Bunda, Mara. The beneficiaries preferred the makande over the rations sent from the US (rice, pinto beans, sunflower seed oil) which is worth noting. [2021-12-17 10:51:02] [Nikaj] The Team wrote a short post on agrilinks about the seed and grain trade potential: https://agrilinks.org/post/yellow-bean-corridor-seed-grain-trade-potential [2021-12-17 10:59:16] [Teshale Endalamaw Beyene] hello all, greetings from Ethiopia Teshale [2021-12-17 10:59:46] [Teshale Endalamaw Beyene] sorry i joined late [2021-12-17 11:00:11] [Esther M. Njuguna-Mungai] The connectivity has been challenging, i hope we will have a recording of the session after this? [2021-12-17 11:00:25] [Titus Echima Lendi] I am Titus from Uganda, an Agribusiness Practitioner dealing in tomatoes value chain [2021-12-17 11:08:28] [Amsalu Ayana Aga ] Is a chance to get the presentations [2021-12-17 11:09:24] [Guest] Thank you all, very interesting discussion! [2021-12-17 11:09:28] [Stephen Walsh] Excellent and inspiring session!! [2021-12-17 11:10:39] [Guest] Great webinar! The insights definitely offer next frontier for research. -----------------------------------------------