Strengthening national seed systems for household food security in developing countries

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2015-11-29

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Peter Fredenburg, Zewdie Bishaw, Abdoul Aziz Niane, Michael Devlin. (29/11/2015). Strengthening national seed systems for household food security in developing countries. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).

Abstract

This report is a synthesis of the research and development work done in past years by ICARDA’s Seed Section of Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management, with a number of partner countries in Africa and Asia to improve the performance of national seed system, both formal and informal, in seed production and marketing to support their national and household food security strategies.

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/7125

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Agricultural Research Knowledge
Agriculture and Livelihood systems
Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Intensification

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seed systems

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farmers’ seed systems; formal seed sector; informal seed sector; olicy and regulatory framework; fast track variety testing and release; accelerated seed production; rebuilding agriculture post conflict; mitigating wheat rusts; village-based seed enterprises

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Bishaw, Zewdie  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1763-3712
 Niane, Abdoul Aziz  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-4394