TY  - JOUR
N2  - 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.
AV  - public
A1  - Monyo, E S
TI  - Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/1864/
JF  - International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter
SP  - 114
Y1  - 2001///
ID  - icrisat1864
EP  - 114
SN  - 1023-487X
VL  - 42
PB  - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
ER  -