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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Autores principales: Akpo, E., Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng, Omoigui, L.O., Rubyogo, Jean-Claude, Varshney, Rajeev K.
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Publicado: Springer 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108974
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author Akpo, E.
Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng
Omoigui, L.O.
Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
Varshney, Rajeev K.
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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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