<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Analyzing Pathways of Nurturing Informal Seed\r\nProduction into Formal Private Ventures for\r\nSustainable Seed Delivery and Crop Productivity:\r\nExperiences from Ethiopia"^^ . "Sustaining crop production and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa requires the availability\r\nand use of quality seed of improved varieties by smallholder farmers. The private sector has been\r\nconsidered as the best way to sustain seed supply and crop productivity. Unfortunately, the private\r\nsector’s share in the seed production and delivery in sub-Saharan Africa countries has not been\r\nvery substantial for decades. As a consequence, farmer access to quality seed of recently released\r\nvarieties remains very low. This manuscript analyzes the experiences of informal seed producers who\r\ngraduated to formal private seed enterprises to understand the effectiveness of the support they receive\r\nto become viable seed ventures. We used comparative research methods to analyze the qualitative\r\nand quantitative data collected to understand the underlying mechanisms. The findings showed that\r\nthe analyzed seed enterprises started with as little as about USD 300 and have already multiplied\r\nover tenfold their initial capital. They benefited from a wide variety of supports, e.g., quality seed\r\nproduction, marketing, partnerships, and value chain development trainings and infrastructures,\r\nfrom extension workers, research centers, national and international NGOs, and the other private\r\nseed enterprise operators like large public seed enterprises and agro-dealers. The seed enterprises are\r\nproducing pre-basic, basic, and certified seed of cereals and self-pollinated legume crops delivered\r\ndirectly to farmers, institutional markets, and agro-dealers. The seed production data have been\r\nincreasing for the past three years with an area expanding from about 30 ha to over 150 ha per year for\r\nchickpea. The seed production and delivery practices being employed are smallholder farmer-based\r\npractices that are environmentally friendly. For sustainable and reliable seed production and delivery\r\nsystems in sub-Saharan Africa, a bold step is needed whereby the informal seed production entities\r\nare nurtured and upgraded into formal certified seed production ventures that deliver social and\r\neconomic benefits to the promotors and the communities."^^ . "2020-08" . . "12" . "6828" . . "MDPI"^^ . . . "Sustainability"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "G"^^ . "Feleke"^^ . "G Feleke"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Chichaybelu"^^ . "M Chichaybelu"^^ . . "R K"^^ . "Varshney"^^ . "R K Varshney"^^ . . "C O"^^ . "Ojiewo"^^ . "C O Ojiewo"^^ . . "E"^^ . "Akpo"^^ . "E Akpo"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Fikre"^^ . "A Fikre"^^ . . . . . . "Analyzing Pathways of Nurturing Informal Seed\r\nProduction into Formal Private Ventures for\r\nSustainable Seed Delivery and Crop Productivity:\r\nExperiences from Ethiopia (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "sustainability-12-06828 (1).pdf"^^ . . . "Analyzing Pathways of Nurturing Informal Seed\r\nProduction into Formal Private Ventures for\r\nSustainable Seed Delivery and Crop Productivity:\r\nExperiences from Ethiopia (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #11567 \n\nAnalyzing Pathways of Nurturing Informal Seed \nProduction into Formal Private Ventures for \nSustainable Seed Delivery and Crop Productivity: \nExperiences from Ethiopia\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Smallholder Farmers"@en . . . "Sustainable Agriculture"@en . . . "Crop Yield"@en . . . "Genetics and Genomics"@en . . . "East Africa"@en . . . "Seed Systems"@en . .