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in Ethiopia having the potential of improving the livelihood of smallholder
farmers. The majority of the smallholder farmers secure their seed potato from
the informal seed system although this system has serious problems related to
quality issues. The current study stemmed from the consideration of these issues
with the objective of describing the local seed potato system in the context
of Northwestern Ethiopia. The findings of the study indicated that the seed
potato supplied by this system is of inferior quality in terms of all components
of the system. In other words, the seed potato supplied in this system is with
sub-optimal production and storage practices, long seed renewal period, physical
and genetic impurity, disease infection, small sized and dominated by local
cultivars. Therefore, interventions to be made by concerned stakeholders (seed
producers, farmers, research, extension, policy makers, etc.) to improve smallholder
potato farming system in Northwestern Ethiopia as well as in similar situations
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