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creators_name: Monyo, E S
icrisatcreators_name: Monyo, E S
affiliation: ICRISAT(Bulawayo)
country: Zimbabwe
title: Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production
ispublished: pub
subjects: S1.5
subjects: s1.4
full_text_status: public
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.
date: 2001
date_type: published
publication: International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter
volume: 42
publisher: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
pagerange: 114-114
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1023-487X
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citation:   Monyo, E S  (2001) Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production.  International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 42.  p. 114.  ISSN 1023-487X     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/1864/1/ISMN42_114_2001.pdf