http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/1864 2011-09-22T08:39:29Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/1864/ Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production Monyo, E S Millets Sorghum 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. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics 2001 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/1864/1/ISMN42_114_2001.pdf Monyo, E S (2001) Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 42. p. 114. ISSN 1023-487X info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage