TY  - JOUR
N2  - 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.
N1  - We acknowledge the productive partnerships within the Tropical
Legume Project. We also express our deepest gratitude to the various
Governments who supported their national legume research
programmes and our donors especially Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation through Tropical Legumes II and III Projects led by
ICRISAT in partnership with CIAT, IITA and several NARS.
AV  - public
KW  - Sub Saharan Africa
KW  -  South Asia
KW  -  decentralized seed production and supply
KW  -  improved legume variety innovative legume seed systems
KW  -  multi?stakeholder platform
KW  -  sub?Saharan Africa and South Asia
KW  -  variety promotion
KW  -  legumes
KW  -  legume seeds
KW  -  developing countries
KW  -  legume seed business
KW  -  seed marketing
KW  -  innovation
KW  -  newly released varieties
KW  -  seed delivery models
KW  -  seed systems
KW  -  seed access
KW  -  marked?led approaches
KW  -  legume seed dissemination
KW  -  partnerships
KW  -  chickpea
KW  -  groundnut
KW  -  cowpea
KW  -  soybean
KW  -  pigeonpea
KW  -  common bean
KW  -  legume crops
KW  -  Ethiopia
KW  -  Mali
KW  -  Nigeria
KW  -  Tanzania
KW  -  India
KW  -  smallholder farmers
A1  - Rubyogo, J C
A1  - Akpo, E
A1  - Omoigui, L
A1  - Gaur, P M
A1  - Chaturvedi, S K
A1  - Fikre, A
A1  - Desmae, H
A1  - Ajeigbe, H A
A1  - Monyo, E
A1  - Nkalubo, S
A1  - Fenta, B
A1  - Binagwa, P
A1  - Kilango, M
A1  - Williams, M
A1  - Mponda, O
A1  - Okello, D
A1  - Chichaybelu, M
A1  - Miningou, A
A1  - Bationo, J
A1  - Sako, D
A1  - Kouyate, Z
A1  - Diallo, S
A1  - Oteng?Frimpong, R
A1  - Yirzagla, J
A1  - Iorlamen, T
A1  - Garba, U
A1  - Mohammed, H
A1  - Ojiewo, C O
A1  - Kamara, A
A1  - Varshney, R K
A1  - Nigam, S N
A1  - Janila, P
A1  - Nadaf, H L
A1  - Kalemera, S
A1  - Downes, A
TI  - Market?led options to scale up legume seeds in developing countries: Experiences from the Tropical Legumes Project
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12732
JF  - Plant Breeding (TSI)
SP  - 1
Y1  - 2019/07//
ID  - icrisat11153
EP  - 13
SN  - 0179-9541
PB  - John Wiley & Sons, Inc
ER  -