<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Expanding supply of improved seed to farmers in northern Ghana to increase food security"^^ . "The global problem of food security is particularly acute in many parts of west Africa, where food\r\nproduction needs to increase to meet growing demand. The ‘Green Revolution', where improved\r\ncrop varieties are matched with improved management practices (particularly fertilisers), has\r\nbeen very successful in increasing food production in many parts of the world. However, in much\r\nof west Africa farmers have not adopted improved crop varieties. There are many reasons behind\r\nthis lack of implementation, such as access to finance, access to improved varieties, access to\r\nmarket and government policy constraints. One major roadblock to adoption of improved\r\nvarieties identified in Savelugu, northern Ghana, was a lack of sufficient improved cowpea seed\r\n(an important cash crop). In northern Ghana there are very few certified seed producers, mainly\r\ndue to the highly regulated certification process. More than 90% of seed is traded between\r\nfarmers in an ‘informal' seed market. In trials conducted in the Savelugu region improved,\r\ncertified, cowpea varieties consistently outperformed farmer varieties and at field days farmers\r\nshowed a strong preference for improved varieties.In the Savelugu region we worked with an\r\nInnovation Platform on a pilot system where one seed producer contracted ‘out‐growers' to\r\nproduce certified seed, while the seed producer performed the certification processes and\r\nprovide the required inputs and technical support. These out‐growers were situated in villages\r\naround Savelugu, where they were able to use the informal supply chain to deliver 20 additional\r\ntonnes of certified seed to farmers in the first year of operation."^^ . "2015-11" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "P"^^ . "Etwire"^^ . "P Etwire"^^ . . "I"^^ . "Atokple"^^ . "I Atokple"^^ . . "P S"^^ . "Carberry"^^ . "P S Carberry"^^ . . "D"^^ . "Alhessan"^^ . "D Alhessan"^^ . . "T"^^ . "Webster"^^ . "T Webster"^^ . . . . "Tropical Agriculture Conference 2015: Meeting the Productivity Challenge in the Tropics"^^ . . . . . "Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia"^^ . . . . . . "Expanding supply of improved seed to farmers in northern Ghana to increase food security (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "TropAg2015-125-126.pdf"^^ . . . "Expanding supply of improved seed to farmers in northern Ghana to increase food security (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Expanding supply of improved seed to farmers in northern Ghana to increase food security (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Expanding supply of improved seed to farmers in northern Ghana to increase food security (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Expanding supply of improved seed to farmers in northern Ghana to increase food security (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Expanding supply of improved seed to farmers in northern Ghana to increase food security (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #9211 \n\nExpanding supply of improved seed to farmers in northern Ghana to increase food security\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics"@en . .