A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties
For decades, the vast majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries, mainly sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to some extent South Asia (SA), heavily rely on non-improved and auto-saved variety seed, accounting for about 80% of their material used for planting. Though the seed use figures by fa...
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| author | Akpo, E. Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Omoigui, L.O. Rubyogo, Jean-Claude Varshney, Rajeev K. |
| author_browse | Akpo, E. Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Omoigui, L.O. Rubyogo, Jean-Claude Varshney, Rajeev K. |
| author_facet | Akpo, E. Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Omoigui, L.O. Rubyogo, Jean-Claude Varshney, Rajeev K. |
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| description | For decades, the vast majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries, mainly sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to some extent South Asia (SA), heavily rely on non-improved and auto-saved variety seed, accounting for about 80% of their material used for planting. Though the seed use figures by farmers vary from one region to another, with West Africa showing the lowest rate of improved seed use (below 20%) and South Asia with much higher rate (up to 70%), the overall situation looks less encouraging. At the same time, substantial breakthroughs have been made by breeding programs, and many more are still in the pipeline. Some of the traits of recently developed varieties have targeted the consumers’ demands and farmers’ preferences. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1089742024-03-06T10:16:43Z A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties Akpo, E. Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Omoigui, L.O. Rubyogo, Jean-Claude Varshney, Rajeev K. grain legumes tropical legumes smallholders farmers subsaharan africa varieties value chain breeding seed common beans groundnuts chickpeas cowpeas For decades, the vast majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries, mainly sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to some extent South Asia (SA), heavily rely on non-improved and auto-saved variety seed, accounting for about 80% of their material used for planting. Though the seed use figures by farmers vary from one region to another, with West Africa showing the lowest rate of improved seed use (below 20%) and South Asia with much higher rate (up to 70%), the overall situation looks less encouraging. At the same time, substantial breakthroughs have been made by breeding programs, and many more are still in the pipeline. Some of the traits of recently developed varieties have targeted the consumers’ demands and farmers’ preferences. 2020 2020-08-10T08:24:14Z 2020-08-10T08:24:14Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108974 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Akpo, E., Ojiewo, C.O., Omoigui, L.O., Rubyogo, J.C. & Varshney, R.K. (2020). A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties. In E. Akpo, C.O. Ojiewo, L.O. Omoigui, J.C., Rubyogo, and R.K. Varshney, Sowing legume seeds, reaping cash: a renaissance within communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Gateway East, Singapore: Springer International Publishing, (p. 1-2). |
| spellingShingle | grain legumes tropical legumes smallholders farmers subsaharan africa varieties value chain breeding seed common beans groundnuts chickpeas cowpeas Akpo, E. Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Omoigui, L.O. Rubyogo, Jean-Claude Varshney, Rajeev K. A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties |
| title | A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties |
| title_full | A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties |
| title_fullStr | A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties |
| title_full_unstemmed | A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties |
| title_short | A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties |
| title_sort | brief overview of smallholder farmers access to seed of improved legume varieties |
| topic | grain legumes tropical legumes smallholders farmers subsaharan africa varieties value chain breeding seed common beans groundnuts chickpeas cowpeas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108974 |
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