Marando Bora sought to directly improve the food and nutrition security of at least 150,000 families by providing farmers with quality seed of improved sweetpotato varieties in a timely fashion.

Objective 1: To provide farmers with quality seed of improved sweetpotato varieties in a timely fashion

Objective 2: To promote quality vine conservation among farmers

Objective 1: To provide farmers with quality seed of improved sweetpotato varieties in a timely fashion

Activity 1: Identify and assure supply of pre-basic seed of best white and orange-fleshed sweetpotato varieties.

-Transfer and hardening of pre-basic seed.

Activity 2: Establish nuclear seed (PMS/SMS/) multiplication sites and supply producers’ groups (TMS-DVMs) with basic seed.

-Establishment and management of PMS and SMS

-Establishment and management of the DVMs

-Characterization of DVMs and seed production

Activity 3: Train and backstop groups in seed production using quality management protocols and voucher management

-Community sensitization sessions

-Pest and Diseases Awareness

Activity 4: Implement voucher distribution and provide farmers with information about varieties and seed availability

-Dissemination of planting materials through DVM model

-First and revised voucher printing

-Formation of vines dissemination committees

-Inventory and dissemination plans

-Community sensitization meetings

-Dissemination of planting materials through primary schools

-Mass dissemination model

-Meetings with local authorities

-Community sensitization and dissemination plans

-Coordination of harvesting, transport and dissemination

Activity 5: Monitor seed acquisition and planting by variety across farmer types and agro-ecologies

-Monitoring the DVM model

-DVMs monitoring tools

-Mass dissemination monitoring tools

-Field harvesting and planning sheet

-Vines dissemination sheet

-Monitoring by CIP monitors

-Field verification by CRS East Africa Regional Office

-Monitoring by CRS SASHA staff

Objective 2: To promote quality vine conservation among farmers

Activity 1: Provide extension advice about variety choice positive selection (i.e. only retaining vines for re- planting that are free of virus and other disease symptoms), and vine conservation

-DVMs production plots as innovative learning centers

-Public meetings

-Field days with farmers

-Establishment of 16 conservation sites in districts where mass dissemination model was implemented

-Conservation at DVM level

-On-station vine conservation

Activity 2: Implement participatory demonstration yield plots for positive selection, choice of variety and seed source

-Planning and review meetings