Alternative Strategies for Smallholder Seed Supply

cg.contactz.bishaw@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture - IITAen_US
cg.contributor.centerDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit - GIZen_US
cg.contributor.centerIndependent / Not associateden_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.creator.idBishaw, Zewdie: 0000-0003-1763-3712en_US
cg.isbn92-9066-380-4en_US
cg.subject.agrovocseed productionen_US
cg.subject.agrovocseed multiplicationen_US
dc.contributorBishaw, Zewdieen_US
dc.contributorvan Gastel, A.J.G.en_US
dc.creatorRohrbach, D. D.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-29T20:36:05Z
dc.date.available2024-04-29T20:36:05Z
dc.description.abstractNon-availability of seeds is the single biggest constraint to smallholder agriculture in the largest parts of the developing world. This publication reports on a 5-day conference that sought to define seed-supply problems in Africa and West Asia; discuss the current and potential roles of the private and public sectors, NGOs, and international research institutes. cooperatives. and farmers groups; and analyze the working of various seed supply channels, including farmer-to-farmer exchange. The conference was organized by ICRISAT, ICARDA, IITA, and GTZ, and attended by over 70 participants from 18 countries (Algeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana. Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, Yemen, Zambia. and Zimbabwe), 4 CGIAR Centers, and a number of donors, NGOs, regional and international agencies. and advanced research institutes. The major objective was to develop strategies to strengthen both formal and informal seed distribution channels, particularly for food-security crops where private sector interest is limited. Almost half the conference was devoted to identifying and prioritizing policy and institutional constraints, and on the basis of these discussions, developing action plans to improve seed availability in each of three regions-Southern and Eastern Africa. Western and Central Africa, and West Asia and North Africa. These proceedings contain the papers presented at the conference, and the recommendations and action plans developed through the discussions.en_US
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dc.identifierhttps://oar.icrisat.org/496/en_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/c358a5c7af29c543969f4060c168d58e/v/39ce83730d5381313c06d5fc2eaa026cen_US
dc.identifier.citationRohrbach, D. O. Bishaw. Z. and van Gaslel, AJ. G. (eds. ). 1997. Alternative strategies for smallholder seed supply: proceedings of an International Conference on Options for Strengthening National and Regional Seed Systems in Africa and West Asia. 10-14 Mar 1997, Harare, Zimbabwe. (In En. Summaries in En, Fr, Pt. Ar. ) Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. 288 pp.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/69276
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)en_US
dc.rightsCopyrighted; Non-commercial educational use onlyen_US
dc.subjectseed supplyen_US
dc.titleAlternative Strategies for Smallholder Seed Supplyen_US
dc.typeConference Proceedingsen_US
dcterms.available1997-03-14en_US
dcterms.issued1997-03-14en_US

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