Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield)

Ethiopia’s Direct Seed Marketing (DSM) innovation, scaled up to 290 woredas and 1.5 million smallholder farmers in 2019, improved seed availability for maize, wheat, and teff and led to significantly positive effects on maize productivity (26% increase in yield) and commercialization (5% increase in...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121600
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description Ethiopia’s Direct Seed Marketing (DSM) innovation, scaled up to 290 woredas and 1.5 million smallholder farmers in 2019, improved seed availability for maize, wheat, and teff and led to significantly positive effects on maize productivity (26% increase in yield) and commercialization (5% increase in the share of harvest sold). PIM research had informed the scaling of DSM and a PIM team conducted an ex-post impact assessment of DSM in 2020.
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spelling CGSpace1216002023-03-14T13:30:45Z Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield) CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets research farmers maize yields productivity marketing seeds impact assessment assessment innovation wheat commercialization effects ex-post impact assessment smallholder farmers teff case studies agrifood systems rural development Ethiopia’s Direct Seed Marketing (DSM) innovation, scaled up to 290 woredas and 1.5 million smallholder farmers in 2019, improved seed availability for maize, wheat, and teff and led to significantly positive effects on maize productivity (26% increase in yield) and commercialization (5% increase in the share of harvest sold). PIM research had informed the scaling of DSM and a PIM team conducted an ex-post impact assessment of DSM in 2020. 2020-12-31 2022-09-12T12:00:32Z 2022-09-12T12:00:32Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121600 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets. 2020. Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield). Reported in Policies, Institutions, and Markets Annual Report 2020. Outcome Impact Case Report.
spellingShingle research
farmers
maize
yields
productivity
marketing
seeds
impact assessment
assessment
innovation
wheat
commercialization
effects
ex-post impact assessment
smallholder farmers
teff
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield)
title Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield)
title_full Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield)
title_fullStr Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield)
title_full_unstemmed Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield)
title_short Direct Seed Marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in Ethiopia (26% increase in maize yield)
title_sort direct seed marketing boosts seed availability and improves crop yields and commercialization in ethiopia 26 increase in maize yield
topic research
farmers
maize
yields
productivity
marketing
seeds
impact assessment
assessment
innovation
wheat
commercialization
effects
ex-post impact assessment
smallholder farmers
teff
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121600
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