Pasture and Forage Seed Production in Africa and West Asia

cg.contactm.turner@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Livestock Research Institute - ILRIen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.projectCommunication and Documentation Information Services (CODIS)en_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.isbn92-9217-079-2en_US
cg.subject.agrovocseed productionen_US
cg.subject.agrovocafricaen_US
cg.subject.agrovocseed testingen_US
dc.contributorTurner, Michaelen_US
dc.creatorGrass, Lahcenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-12T22:04:42Z
dc.date.available2024-09-12T22:04:42Z
dc.description.abstractThe workshop was organized jointly by ICARDA and ILRI and took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 27 to 31 October 1997. Its purpose was to exchange ideas, look at ways to resolve constraints facing forage and pasture seed production in WANA and Sub-Saharan Africa countries, and suggest guidelines on how to strengthen collaboration within this sector. Papers were presented during the first three days of the workshop on a wide range of topics, from the arid rangelands of Turkey to the high-rainfall areas of Tropical Africa. The fourth day was devoted to group discussions, in which the key points identified in the previous three days were debated and recommendations prepared. Discussions on the final day centered on formal and informal approaches to seed production. It was agreed that the two must be more closely integrated to increase farmer production and utilization of seed. The workshop provided a valuable forum for scientists in the region to share experiences gather information on the current status of national seed programs, and identify specific technical and economic problems for further investigation. The latter constitute the cornerstone of proposals for future collaborative research between ICARDA and various national and international seed programs. In both WANA and Sub-Saharan Africa, research and development on forage issues are essential and on the increase. The workshop concluded that lack of demand is the major constraint to the evolution of better forage and pasture seed supply systems. Recommendations stress the need for participatory research to test and develop the role of forages in farming systems, the need to make the benefits of forage and pasture crops more obvious to farmers, and the need to broaden appreciation of the role these crops play in sustainability issues. Existing activities of ICARDA and ILRI should be maintained and strengthened where possible. In particular, these organizations should assist national governments and NARS by providing training in forage and pasture seed production, coordinating collaborative research in their respective regions, providing consultancy, and addressing weaknesses in the supply system. These proceedings contain the papers presented and the recommendations from the group discussions.en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/2228157b427ed994c0eb8e3eef285b34en_US
dc.identifier.citationGrass, L. and M. R. Turner (eds. ). 1998. Pasture and Forage Seed Production in Africa and West Asia. Proceedings of the Pasture and Forage Seed Production Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 27-31 October 1997. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria. viii + 204 pp.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/69523
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)en_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-SA-4.0en_US
dc.subjectpasture cropsen_US
dc.subjectseed supplyen_US
dc.subjectwest asiaen_US
dc.subjectforagesen_US
dc.titlePasture and Forage Seed Production in Africa and West Asiaen_US
dc.typeConference Proceedingsen_US
dcterms.available1998-12-31en_US
dcterms.issued1998-12-31en_US

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