TY  - RPRT
N2  - ICRISAT?s Seed Systems Models and Lessons Learned booklet explains the rationale of ICRISAT?s work on seed systems in the drylands, the different approaches and their impact on the ground. Improving farmers? access to improved seeds in the drylands is seen as a cost-effective strategy to improve farm productivity and food security. Different models of seed systems are tested and developed by ICRISAT and its development partners in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia depending on the local context. It includes small seed packets, groundnut seed revolving fund in Malawi, support to community-based systems, farmer seed organizations or local seed ventures, and public private seed partnerships like the Hybrid Parents Research Consortium for pearl millet and sorghum in India.  ICRISAT?s vision on seed systems is demand-driven, holistic and working in partnership, along the crop value chain.
AV  - public
KW  - Smallholder farmers
KW  -  Tropical Legumes
KW  -  Seed banks
KW  -  Seed systems
KW  -  Dryland cereals
KW  -  Grain legumes
KW  -  Seed quality
KW  -  Seed systems
KW  -  ICRISAT
KW  -  Value chains
KW  -  Malawi
A1  - ICRISAT, -
TI  - Seed Systems: Models & Lessons Learned
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/10195/
Y1  - 2017/09//
ID  - icrisat10195
M1  - research_report
EP  - 19
PB  - ICRISAT
CY  - Patancheru, Hyderabad
ER  -