@article{icrisat1864,
       publisher = {International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics},
            year = {2001},
           title = {Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production},
           pages = {114--114},
          author = {E S Monyo},
          volume = {42},
         journal = {International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/1864/},
        abstract = {There is virtually no seed of improved semi-arid crops (like pearl millet, sorghum, cowpeas. and groundnuts) sold on the market in southern Africa, in-spite of the importance of these crops to the livelihoods of people in semi-arid tropics in the region. To address this shortcoming, ICRISAT is collaborating with Commutech, a nongovernmental organization, and two private seed companies, the Seed Company of Zimbabwe (Seed Co.) and PANNAR, in a pilot project on on-farm commercial seed production by small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe. The project was initiated during the 1999/2000 season in Wards 9 and 13. Tsholotsho district, Matabeleland North, and Ward 21. Chivi district. Over 600 farmers operating in groups of 20 to 30 are participating with each allocating 1 to 3 ha for the production of seed of pearl millet variety PMV 3 and sorghum variety Macia.}
}