"1864","11","archive","14",,,"disk0/00/00/18/64","2011-09-22 08:39:29","2011-09-22 08:39:29","2011-09-22 08:39:29","article",,,"show","Library-ICRISAT@cgiar.org",,,"","","","","","","","","","","0",,,"Monyo","E S","","","","","","","Monyo","E S","","","","",,,,,"","",,,,,"","","ICRISAT(Bulawayo)","Zimbabwe","Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production","pub","S1.5","","","public",,,,,,"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.","2001","published",,"International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter","42",,"International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics",,"114-114",,,,,,,,,,,"TRUE",,"1023-487X",,,,,,"",,"http://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_q=Small-scale+farmers+venture+into+commercial+seed+production&num=10&btnG=Search+Scholar&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=title&as_sauthors=&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&as_sdt=1.&as_sdtp=on&as_sdtf=&as_sdts=5&hl=en","author",,"","",,,,,,"",,,,,,,"",,,,,"",,,,,"","",,,,,"","",,,,,
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