Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South
Over the last few decades, there has been a growing appreciation of crop varieties developed by local farmers, commonly referred to as farmers’ varieties. These varieties often have attractive characteristics for both producers and consumers, such as adaptability to harsh environmental conditions an...
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| author | Jonge, Bram de López Noriega, Isabel Otieno, Gloria Atieno Cadima, Ximena Terrazas, Franz Hpommalath, Siviengkhek Oudehoven, Frederik van Shrestha, Santosh Pudasaini, Niranjan Shrestha, Deepa Singh Gauchan, Devendra Kasasa, Patrick Bwerazuva, Tsungai Mujaju, Claid Manjengwa, Sipiwe |
| author_browse | Bwerazuva, Tsungai Cadima, Ximena Gauchan, Devendra Hpommalath, Siviengkhek Jonge, Bram de Kasasa, Patrick López Noriega, Isabel Manjengwa, Sipiwe Mujaju, Claid Otieno, Gloria Atieno Oudehoven, Frederik van Pudasaini, Niranjan Shrestha, Deepa Singh Shrestha, Santosh Terrazas, Franz |
| author_facet | Jonge, Bram de López Noriega, Isabel Otieno, Gloria Atieno Cadima, Ximena Terrazas, Franz Hpommalath, Siviengkhek Oudehoven, Frederik van Shrestha, Santosh Pudasaini, Niranjan Shrestha, Deepa Singh Gauchan, Devendra Kasasa, Patrick Bwerazuva, Tsungai Mujaju, Claid Manjengwa, Sipiwe |
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| description | Over the last few decades, there has been a growing appreciation of crop varieties developed by local farmers, commonly referred to as farmers’ varieties. These varieties often have attractive characteristics for both producers and consumers, such as adaptability to harsh environmental conditions and high nutritional values. Yet they are usually not sold in formal markets, and tend to be limited to farmers’ seed systems. This is partially due to national seed laws that, in an effort to guarantee good quality seed of uniform and stable varieties, create obstacles for farmers’ varieties to reach the market. This article describes the experiences of four countries—Bolivia, Laos, Nepal and Zimbabwe—that are developing alternative variety registration systems for farmers’ varieties. Most of these cases have never been documented before. The cases present the main drivers behind and approaches to the registration of farmers’ varieties in different legal contexts and at different stages of development. We conclude that farmers’ variety registration systems can generate benefits including faster and cheaper variety releases, improved farmer incomes, and a larger diversity of well-adapted varieties in the market—but some important issues are still to be resolved. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1180162025-12-08T09:54:28Z Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South Jonge, Bram de López Noriega, Isabel Otieno, Gloria Atieno Cadima, Ximena Terrazas, Franz Hpommalath, Siviengkhek Oudehoven, Frederik van Shrestha, Santosh Pudasaini, Niranjan Shrestha, Deepa Singh Gauchan, Devendra Kasasa, Patrick Bwerazuva, Tsungai Mujaju, Claid Manjengwa, Sipiwe plant certification seed systems agricultural and rural legislation quality control certificación de plantas sistemas de semillas legislación agraria seed seed quality varieties registration seed certification law diversification agricultural production seed policies Over the last few decades, there has been a growing appreciation of crop varieties developed by local farmers, commonly referred to as farmers’ varieties. These varieties often have attractive characteristics for both producers and consumers, such as adaptability to harsh environmental conditions and high nutritional values. Yet they are usually not sold in formal markets, and tend to be limited to farmers’ seed systems. This is partially due to national seed laws that, in an effort to guarantee good quality seed of uniform and stable varieties, create obstacles for farmers’ varieties to reach the market. This article describes the experiences of four countries—Bolivia, Laos, Nepal and Zimbabwe—that are developing alternative variety registration systems for farmers’ varieties. Most of these cases have never been documented before. The cases present the main drivers behind and approaches to the registration of farmers’ varieties in different legal contexts and at different stages of development. We conclude that farmers’ variety registration systems can generate benefits including faster and cheaper variety releases, improved farmer incomes, and a larger diversity of well-adapted varieties in the market—but some important issues are still to be resolved. 2021 2022-02-09T11:50:04Z 2022-02-09T11:50:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118016 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI De Jonge, B.; Lopez Noriega, I.; Otieno, G.; Cadima, X.; Terrazas, F.; Hpommalath, S.; van Oudehoven, F.; Shrestha, S.; Pudasaini, N.; Shrestha, D.S.; Gauchan, D.; Kasasa, P.; Bwerazuva, T.; Mujaju, C.; Manjengwa, S. (2021) Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South. Agronomy 11(11): 2282 20 p. ISSN: 2073-4395 |
| spellingShingle | plant certification seed systems agricultural and rural legislation quality control certificación de plantas sistemas de semillas legislación agraria seed seed quality varieties registration seed certification law diversification agricultural production seed policies Jonge, Bram de López Noriega, Isabel Otieno, Gloria Atieno Cadima, Ximena Terrazas, Franz Hpommalath, Siviengkhek Oudehoven, Frederik van Shrestha, Santosh Pudasaini, Niranjan Shrestha, Deepa Singh Gauchan, Devendra Kasasa, Patrick Bwerazuva, Tsungai Mujaju, Claid Manjengwa, Sipiwe Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South |
| title | Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South |
| title_full | Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South |
| title_fullStr | Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South |
| title_short | Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South |
| title_sort | advances in the registration of farmers varieties four cases from the global south |
| topic | plant certification seed systems agricultural and rural legislation quality control certificación de plantas sistemas de semillas legislación agraria seed seed quality varieties registration seed certification law diversification agricultural production seed policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/118016 |
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