Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development

Tree planting in agroforestry and wider restoration work often relies on poor quality tree seed. However, the high demand for tree seed from large global restoration commitments and a new focus on accountability provide the opportunity for change. The goal should be to release or realize the potenti...

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Main Authors: Lillesø, Jens-Peter B., Dawson, Ian K., Graudal, Lars, Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: World Agroforestry Centre 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115504
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Dawson, Ian K.
Graudal, Lars
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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description Tree planting in agroforestry and wider restoration work often relies on poor quality tree seed. However, the high demand for tree seed from large global restoration commitments and a new focus on accountability provide the opportunity for change. The goal should be to release or realize the potential of rural organizations, small-scale private nurseries and local communities to effectively participate in tree seed supply systems. This can be done through a process of integrating formal and informal approaches, and by supporting the development of informal suppliers into a well-functioning commercial sector. In this brief we outline the current status of tree seed supply in the tropics and compare it with the crop sector, to understand what can be learnt from the latter, and where tree seed supply provides unique challenges. We discuss areas where policy to support tree seed supply can be improved.
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spelling CGSpace1155042024-01-17T12:58:34Z Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development Lillesø, Jens-Peter B. Dawson, Ian K. Graudal, Lars Jamnadass, Ramni H. seed quality tree planting agroforestry Tree planting in agroforestry and wider restoration work often relies on poor quality tree seed. However, the high demand for tree seed from large global restoration commitments and a new focus on accountability provide the opportunity for change. The goal should be to release or realize the potential of rural organizations, small-scale private nurseries and local communities to effectively participate in tree seed supply systems. This can be done through a process of integrating formal and informal approaches, and by supporting the development of informal suppliers into a well-functioning commercial sector. In this brief we outline the current status of tree seed supply in the tropics and compare it with the crop sector, to understand what can be learnt from the latter, and where tree seed supply provides unique challenges. We discuss areas where policy to support tree seed supply can be improved. 2021-02-25 2021-10-19T05:12:20Z 2021-10-19T05:12:20Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115504 en Open Access World Agroforestry Centre Lillesø J-PB, Dawson IK, Graudal L and Jamnadass R. 2021. Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development. ICRAF Policy Brief 54. World Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya.
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agroforestry
Lillesø, Jens-Peter B.
Dawson, Ian K.
Graudal, Lars
Jamnadass, Ramni H.
Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development
title Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development
title_full Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development
title_fullStr Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development
title_full_unstemmed Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development
title_short Quality seed for tree planting: Supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop Integrated Seed System Development
title_sort quality seed for tree planting supporting more effective agroforestry and forest landscape restoration by learning from crop integrated seed system development
topic seed quality
tree planting
agroforestry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115504
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