relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11153/
title: Market‐led options to scale up legume seeds in developing countries: Experiences from the Tropical Legumes Project
creator: Rubyogo, J C
creator: Akpo, E
creator: Omoigui, L
creator: Gaur, P M
creator: Chaturvedi, S K
creator: Fikre, A
creator: Desmae, H
creator: Ajeigbe, H A
creator: Monyo, E
creator: Nkalubo, S
creator: Fenta, B
creator: Binagwa, P
creator: Kilango, M
creator: Williams, M
creator: Mponda, O
creator: Okello, D
creator: Chichaybelu, M
creator: Miningou, A
creator: Bationo, J
creator: Sako, D
creator: Kouyate, Z
creator: Diallo, S
creator: Oteng‐Frimpong, R
creator: Yirzagla, J
creator: Iorlamen, T
creator: Garba, U
creator: Mohammed, H
creator: Ojiewo, C O
creator: Kamara, A
creator: Varshney, R K
creator: Nigam, S N
creator: Janila, P
creator: Nadaf, H L
creator: Kalemera, S
creator: Downes, A
subject: Nigeria
subject: South Asia
subject: Tanzania
subject: Chickpea
subject: Pigeonpea
subject: Groundnut
subject: Food Legumes
subject: Food Security
subject: India
subject: Legume Crops
subject: Sub-Saharan Africa
subject: Ethiopia
subject: Mali
subject: Seed Systems
description: There are several hurdles to ensure sustainable seed production and consistent flow of improved legume varieties in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA). The unreliable demand, autogamous nature of most of the grain legumes, and slow variety replacement rate by smallholder farmers do not provide strong incentive for private seed companies to invest in legume seed business. Unless a well thought‐out and comprehensive approach to legume seed delivery is developed, current seed shortages will continue, eroding emerging market opportunities. The experiences reported here are collated through a 10‐year partnership project, the Tropical Legumes in SSA and SA. It fostered innovative public–private partnerships in joint testing of innovative market‐led seed systems, skills and knowledge enhancement, de‐risking private sector initiatives that introduced in new approaches and previously overlooked entities in technology delivery. As new public and private seed companies, individual seed entrepreneurs and farmer organizations emerged, the existing ones enhanced their capacities. This resulted in significant rise in production, availability and accessibility of various seed grades of newly improved and farmer demanded legume varieties in the target countries.
publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
date: 2019-07
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11153/1/16510332.pdf
identifier:   Rubyogo, J C and Akpo, E and Omoigui, L and Gaur, P M and Chaturvedi, S K and Fikre, A and Desmae, H and Ajeigbe, H A and Monyo, E and Nkalubo, S and Fenta, B and Binagwa, P and Kilango, M and Williams, M and Mponda, O and Okello, D and Chichaybelu, M and Miningou, A and Bationo, J and Sako, D and Kouyate, Z and Diallo, S and Oteng‐Frimpong, R and Yirzagla, J and Iorlamen, T and Garba, U and Mohammed, H and Ojiewo, C O and Kamara, A and Varshney, R K and Nigam, S N and Janila, P and Nadaf, H L and Kalemera, S and Downes, A  (2019) Market‐led options to scale up legume seeds in developing countries: Experiences from the Tropical Legumes Project.  Plant Breeding (TSI).  pp. 1-13.  ISSN 0179-9541     
relation: https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12732
relation: 10.1111/pbr.12732