Community Seed Production (Workshop Proceedings)

Ojiewo, C O and Kugbei, S and Bishaw, Z and Rubyogo, J C, eds. (2015) Community Seed Production (Workshop Proceedings). ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India, pp. 1-176. ISBN 9789251087510

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Abstract

During the 1970s and 1980s, seed system support in developing countries was focused on strengthening public sector institutions including agricultural research centers, extension services and state-owned seed corporations. This approach achieved limited success in Africa such that structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and 1990s resulted in general withdrawal of state seed system support. It created space especially for the private sector but also for civil society seed organizations while maintaining linkages with public sector agricultural research systems. The 1990s also saw the emergence of large-scale direct seed purchase and distribution, particularly in Africa, in response to natural disasters and crisis. Since 2000, agricultural development has been at very low levels with widespread under investment in the sector worldwide. However, there are now indications that donors are regaining interest in agriculture and especially in the seed sector...

Item Type:	Book
Divisions:	RP-Grain Legumes
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Community Seed Production; Seed Production; Seed Production Practices; Seed Systems; Family Farming; Seed Production System; Africa; India, Legumes
Subjects:	Others > Genetics and Genomics Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Mr Ramesh K
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2015 06:50
Last Modified:	13 Jul 2015 05:15
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/8854
Acknowledgement:	UNSPECIFIED
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