When this is done, you will all be in the same server, but will not be in the same region, depending on where you all spawned. Make sure that you all decide on one person to send the invites, then everyone else needs to go into the same menu and click on “Join” beside that person’s name. Find your friends name on the list and send them all invites. Just hit Esc to bring up the main menu, then click the last icon on the right, shown above in the red triangle. You will all start in your own world, or shard, but getting into the same server is very easy. The first thing you will need to do is have everyone load into the game. In this guide, we will show you how to team up with your friends and go adventuring together. Thankfully, the move to steam means multiplayer is now a whole lot smoother to get into. Now, TASAI staff can inform the stakeholders in the delivery system, he added.There is a lot of scary stuff in Cube World, so you might want to engage in some multiplayer with your friends to take it on. “We wanted to develop a simple diagnostic tool,” he said. “The system is only as strong as its weakest link,” Mabaya said.Īccountability also is addressed by the index, since at “almost every node there is a responsible person to develop remedies” for failings at that point, said Mabaya.Ĭornell’s role is key to the process as it provides a credible and neutral broker of information, without competing interests, Mabaya said. In South Africa, on the other hand, while the government no longer runs seed businesses, the country scored poorly at making seeds available to small farmers. For each indicator, the index evaluated whether that link is having a positive or negative impact on seed access by farmers, thereby exposing weaknesses in the supply chain.įor example, the pilot program revealed that Kenya lacks a robust and competitive seed industry, as government-controlled seed companies dominate and discourage new startups. TASAI tracks 16 indicators across five categories that assess the vibrancy and competitiveness of national seed sectors by measuring such things as research and development, industry competitiveness, service to smallholder farmers, seed policy and regulations, and institutional support. With breeders, governments, industry, NGOs, farmers and others involved in a complex supply chain, there has been no viable system – until now – for getting a top-down view of where choke points stifle seed access. Based on enthusiastic interest from stakeholders, TASAI developers hope to expand to more than 20 African countries in phase two of the project, Mabaya said. The launch event included results from a successful pilot program conducted in Kenya, Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe. “It’s the only option for millions of small farmers,” who account for up to 70 percent of African workers, he added. Like many others, his family’s path out of poverty was dependent on having access to improved seed varieties coming into the market, he said. Mabaya, one of 10 children in his family, grew up on farm with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land. “I am a product of smallholder agriculture in Zimbabwe,” said Ed Mabaya, principal investigator of TASAI and assistant director of CIIFAD. African farmers’ adoption rate of improved staple varieties, such as maize, cowpea and sorghum, can be as low as 20 percent. The findings may then inform governments, industries, breeders, farmers and others on where to focus attention to keep supplies moving. ![]() ![]() ![]() The African Seed Access Index (TASAI) was launched March 12 in Nairobi, Kenya, by its developers – the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) in collaboration with Market Matters, a nonprofit organization that assists small enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa.ĬIIFAD and Market Matters staff developed TASAI to track indicators at key points along the seed delivery chain where failure impedes the flow of seeds to small-farm owners. ![]() Ed Mabaya, principal investigator of TASAI and assistant director of CIIFAD, at the TASAI launch in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 12.Ī new initiative offers hope for African small farms by helping ensure that new seed varieties with higher yields make it through the supply chain from breeders to farmers.
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