?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F380%2F&rft.title=Organizing+seed+fairs+in+emergency+situations&rft.creator=Leonardo%2C+W+J&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=This+manual+describes+a+different+approach+-+the+seed+voucher+andseed+fair+system%2C+which+was+introduced+by+Catholic+Relief+Services+inTanzania%2C+Kenya%2C+Uganda%2C+Sudan%2C+and+now+Mozambique.+In+this+approach%2Cfarmers+are+given+not+free+seeds+but+vouchers+with+a+specificcash+value%2C+which+can+be+exchanged+for+seeds+at+a+specially+organizedseed+fair.+Vouchers+are+distributed+to+the+most+needy+in+the+community%2Cidentified+by+the+community+themselves.+At+the+seed+fair%2C+farmers+'purchase'+seed+from+a+range+of+vendors%2C+including+farmers%2C+small-scaletraders%2C+and+large+seed+companies.+A+number+of+different+crops+andvarieties+are+available%2C+local+varieties+as+well+as+certified+seed+of+modernvarieties.+The+farmers+have+the+freedom+to+choose+what+varietiesand+quantities+they+want.+This+approach+also+helps+build+the+local+seedsystem%2C+by+providing+a+market+for+local+seed+producers+to+sell+theirproducts.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F380%2F1%2FCO_0033.pdf&rft.identifier=++Leonardo%2C+W+J++(2000)+Organizing+seed+fairs+in+emergency+situations.++Manual.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++