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Author : Venkatachalam Venkatesan
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 13,97 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821330869
World Bank Discussion Paper No. 266. Seed production and distribution are important factors in determining the pace of agricultural development. For a seed system to be effective, it must satisfy the different requirements of each crop. Presently
Author : Venkatachalam Venkatesan
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Seed industry and trade
ISBN : 9780821330869
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251043233
One of the major challenges facing most countries in sub-Saharan Africa is the need to invest significant resources into strengthening their capacity to increase the availability of good-quality seeds of a wider range of plant varieties. This publication presents the proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes for sub-Saharan Africa.
Author : V. Venkatesan
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,56 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN :
This study stresses the need for the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to put in place a seed system which would meet the seed needs of a wide range of farmers, classified according to their risk tolerance capacity and resource endowments. Obviously, a single strategy cannot meet this objective. The study therefore recommends a mix of strategies, and argues for a "fit" between the country concerned and the seed system. It also examines the relationship between the seed system and other services to farmers such as research, extension, rural infrastructure and marketing. In the light of a detailed analysis of the issues relevant to seed systems, it examines the options available to the policymakers in the countries while setting up seed systems or modifying an existing one, and the implications of each of the options.
Author : Spielman, David J.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Over the past two decades, seed systems and markets in many sub-Saharan African countries have become a central topic in the public discourse around agricultural development. The issues are complex, and often shaped by the specific nature of the crop itself, the agroecology it is cultivated in, and the channels through which farmers obtain seed. What attracts less attention are the political economy factors that shape seed systems development. Not since an array of scholars working with the Institute of Development Studies published a deep and thoughtful volume on the Politics of Seed in Africa’s Green Revolution has the topic of political economy received such attention.
Author : Essegbemon Akpo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 42,12 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9811508453
This open access book shares impact stories – testimonies from various value chain actors who have been part of the Tropical Legumes (TL) projects, over the past twelve years. The Tropical Legumes projects led by ICRISAT in three parts (TLI, TLII and TLIII), constitute a major international initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and jointly implemented by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) partners from Sub-Saharan Africa and India. The project developed improved cultivars of common bean, cowpea, chickpea and groundnut (but also soya bean and pigeon pea cultivars in its initial phases) and delivers their seed to smallholders in BMGF-focus areas. It also strengthens the NARS and CGIAR's breeding programs and seed platforms to enhance their ability to deliver high and sustained outputs to smallholder farmers. The book compiles the experiences of a diversity of actors within the grain legume value chains, with a focus on groundnut and common beans in Tanzania and Uganda, groundnut and cowpea in Nigeria, and groundnut in Ghana. All stakeholders involved share their thoughts on being part of a decade-long development project family. National agricultural research institutes, knowledge brokering organizations, NGOs, public and private seed companies, agro-dealers, individual seed entrepreneurs, farm-implement makers, farmer cooperatives, farmer groups, individual men and women farmers, middlemen, processors, traders and consumers were all involved in this project, and as such this book provides valuable insights for development workers, technical staff, and project managers.
Author : Joseph DeVries
Publisher : CABI
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 22,81 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0851995640
Improved food security, led by increased productivity among Africa's many small-scale farmers, has been the aim of significant national and international effort in recent decades. It has proved to be one of the most critical challenges facing humankind. This book grew out of a two-year exploration conducted by the food security theme of The Rockefeller Foundation focusing on the potential for crop genetic improvement to contribute to food security among rural populations in Africa. It provides a critical assessment of the ways in which recent breakthroughs in biotechnology, participatory plant breeding, and seed systems can be broadly employed in developing and delivering more productive crop varieties in Africa's diverse agricultural environments. It also presents an analysis of current plant breeding and biotechnology strategies for the key crops in Africa including: maize, sorghum, cowpea, rice, and cassava. The book will appeal to plant breeders, biotechnologists, and seed distributors as well as policy-makers in the area of agricultural development.
Author : Essegbemon Akpo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9811580146
This open access book shares the experiences of Tropical Legumes III (TLIII) project in facilitating access to seed of improved legume varieties to smallholder farmers through innovation platforms. It highlights practices and guiding principles implemented in eight developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This book details key processes that respective teams employed to create an innovation space that delivers seed, other inputs, knowledge and financial services to agricultural communities and most importantly, the underserved farmers in remote areas of the drylands. It offers valuable insights into the pathway to establishing, promoting and operating innovation platforms to enhance the performance and competitiveness of legume crops’ value chains, and addresses critical issues that must be considered to make innovation platforms more sustainable and attractive to beneficiaries. The book offers a wealth of practical insights for development workers, technical staff, and project managers. This publication is all about TLIII community of practice. It will definitely inspire other development workers and scientists to share their own experiences for others to learn from.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN :
The Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group (EPAR) is a team of graduate research assistants, faculty, and staff at the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington that provide academically rigorous and accessible research to support the Agricultural Development initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 14,20 MB
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251300887
Pulses have a long history in sub-Saharan Africa due to their multiple benefits. Pulses, and legumes in general, can play an important role in agriculture because of their ability to biologically fix atmospheric nitrogen and to enhance the biological turnover of phosphorus; thus they could become the cornerstone of sustainable agriculture in Africa. In this sense, there is a body of literature that points to diversification of existing production systems – particularly legumes species, which provide critical environmental services, including soil erosion control and soil nutrient recapitalization. This publication is a review of some of the promising strategies to support the cultivation and utilization of pulses on smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa. The review is part of the legacy of the International Year of Pulses (IYP), which sought to recognize the contribution that pulses make to human well-being and the environment.