relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/11603/
title: A Brief Overview of Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties
creator: Akpo, E
creator: Ojiewo, C O
creator: Omoigui, L O
creator: Rubyogo, J C
creator: Varshney, R K
subject: Smallholder Farmers
subject: Genetics and Genomics
subject: Legume Crops
subject: Sub-Saharan Africa
description: For decades, the vast majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries,  mainly sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to some extent South Asia (SA), heavily rely  on non-improved and auto-saved variety seed, accounting for about 80% of their  material used for planting. Though the seed use figures by farmers vary from one  region to another, with West Africa showing the lowest rate of improved seed use  (below 20%) and South Asia with much higher rate (up to 70%), the overall situation  looks less encouraging. At the same time, substantial breakthroughs have been  made by breeding programs, and many more are still in the pipeline. Some of the  traits of recently developed varieties have targeted the consumers’ demands and  farmers’ preferences.
publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
date: 2020
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/11603/1/10.1007_978-981-15-0845-5_1.pdf
identifier:   Akpo, E and Ojiewo, C O and Omoigui, L O and Rubyogo, J C and Varshney, R K  (2020) A Brief Overview of Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties.   In:  Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash.   Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 1-2.  ISBN 978-981-15-0844-8     
relation: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_1
relation: doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_1