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creators_name: Rubyogo, J C
creators_name: Akpo, E
creators_name: Omoigui, L
creators_name: Gaur, P M
creators_name: Chaturvedi, S K
creators_name: Fikre, A
creators_name: Desmae, H
creators_name: Ajeigbe, H A
creators_name: Monyo, E
creators_name: Nkalubo, S
creators_name: Fenta, B
creators_name: Binagwa, P
creators_name: Kilango, M
creators_name: Williams, M
creators_name: Mponda, O
creators_name: Okello, D
creators_name: Chichaybelu, M
creators_name: Miningou, A
creators_name: Bationo, J
creators_name: Sako, D
creators_name: Kouyate, Z
creators_name: Diallo, S
creators_name: Oteng‐Frimpong, R
creators_name: Yirzagla, J
creators_name: Iorlamen, T
creators_name: Garba, U
creators_name: Mohammed, H
creators_name: Ojiewo, C O
creators_name: Kamara, A
creators_name: Varshney, R K
creators_name: Nigam, S N
creators_name: Janila, P
creators_name: Nadaf, H L
creators_name: Kalemera, S
creators_name: Downes, A
icrisatcreators_name: Akpo, E
icrisatcreators_name: Gaur, P M
icrisatcreators_name: Fikre, A
icrisatcreators_name: Desmae, H
icrisatcreators_name: Ajeigbe, H A
icrisatcreators_name: Monyo, E
icrisatcreators_name: Ojiewo, C O
icrisatcreators_name: Varshney, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Nigam, S N
icrisatcreators_name: Janila, P
affiliation: International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (Arusha)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Nairobi)
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) (Kano)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
affiliation: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), India Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR) (Hyderabad)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Addis Ababa)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bamako)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Kano)
affiliation: National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), National Crop Resources Research Institute (NaCCRI) (Namulonge)
affiliation: Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) (Melkassa)
affiliation: Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) (Arusha)
affiliation: TARI, Uyole (Mbeya)
affiliation: TARI, Maruku (Bukoba)
affiliation: TARI, Naliendele (Mtwara)
affiliation: National Semi‐Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) (Soroti)
affiliation: EIAR (Debre Zeit)
affiliation: The Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA) (Ouagadougou)
affiliation: The Institut d' Economie Rural (IER) (Kayes)
affiliation: IER (Cinzana)
affiliation: Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) (Tamale)
affiliation: University of Agricultural Makurdi (Makurdi)
affiliation: Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA) (Kano)
affiliation: University of Agricultural Science (Dharwad)
country: Tanzania
country: Kenya
country: Nigeria
country: India
country: Ethiopia
country: Mali
country: Uganda
country: Burkina Faso
country: Ghana
title: Market‐led options to scale up legume seeds in developing countries: Experiences from the Tropical Legumes Project
ispublished: pub
subjects: S51
subjects: SA1
subjects: T1
subjects: s1.1
subjects: s1.2
subjects: s1.3
subjects: s2.10
subjects: s26
subjects: s32
subjects: s355
subjects: s4004
subjects: s54
subjects: s61
subjects: sed1
divisions: CRPS2
divisions: CRPS5
divisions: CRPS3
divisions: CRPS1
full_text_status: public
keywords: Sub Saharan Africa, South Asia, decentralized seed production and supply, improved legume variety innovative legume seed systems, multi‐stakeholder platform, sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia, variety promotion, legumes, legume seeds, developing countries, legume seed business, seed marketing, innovation, newly released varieties, seed delivery models, seed systems, seed access, marked‐led approaches, legume seed dissemination, partnerships, chickpea, groundnut, cowpea, soybean, pigeonpea, common bean, legume crops, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, India, smallholder farmers
note: 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.
abstract: 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.
date: 2019-07
date_type: published
publication: Plant Breeding (TSI)
publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
pagerange: 1-13
id_number: 10.1111/pbr.12732
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0179-9541
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.12732
funders: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
projects: Tropical Legumes II and III Projects
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11153/1/16510332.pdf