eprintid: 11603
rev_number: 14
eprint_status: archive
userid: 3170
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datestamp: 2020-09-07 08:29:27
lastmod: 2020-09-07 09:24:12
status_changed: 2020-09-07 08:29:27
type: book_section
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Akpo, E
creators_name: Ojiewo, C O
creators_name: Omoigui, L O
creators_name: Rubyogo, J C
creators_name: Varshney, R K
icrisatcreators_name: Akpo, E
icrisatcreators_name: Ojiewo, C O
icrisatcreators_name: Varshney, R K
affiliation: ICRISAT (Nairobi)
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kano, Nigeria
affiliation: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Arusha, Tanzania
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: Kenya
country: Nigeria
country: Tanzania
country: India
title: A Brief Overview of Smallholder Farmers’ Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties
ispublished: pub
subjects: GL1
subjects: s2.13
subjects: s355
subjects: s4004
divisions: CRPS3
divisions: CRPS5
divisions: CRPS1
full_text_status: public
keywords: Grain legume productivity, Smallholder farmers, Impact stories, Multi-stakeholders, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tropical Legumes projects
abstract: 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.
date: 2020
date_type: published
publisher: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
place_of_pub: Singapore
pagerange: 1-2
pages: 2
id_number: doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_1
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 978-981-15-0844-8
book_title: Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_1
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11603/1/10.1007_978-981-15-0845-5_1.pdf