eprintid: 10195
rev_number: 33
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datestamp: 2017-09-28 06:55:09
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status_changed: 2017-09-28 06:55:09
type: monograph
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creators_name: ICRISAT, -
icrisatcreators_name: ICRISAT, -
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: India
title: Seed Systems: Models & Lessons Learned
ispublished: pub
subjects: GL1
subjects: S1
subjects: S1.5
subjects: S1.5.1
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subjects: s1.2
subjects: s1.4
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full_text_status: public
monograph_type: research_report
keywords: Smallholder farmers, Tropical Legumes, Seed banks, Seed systems, Dryland cereals, Grain legumes, Seed quality, Seed systems, ICRISAT, Value chains, Malawi
abstract: 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.
date: 2017-09
date_type: published
publisher: ICRISAT
place_of_pub: Patancheru, Hyderabad
pages: 19
institution: ICRISAT
citation:   ICRISAT, -  (2017) Seed Systems: Models & Lessons Learned.  Monograph. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/10195/1/Seed%20system%20booklet.pdf