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Wheat Varietal Diversification Increases Ethiopian Smallholders’ Food Security for 50,000 to 75,000 farmers: Evidence from a WLE/Alliance-led Participatory Development Initiative

The WLE/Alliance-led Seeds for Needs program developed a new way to evaluate and promote improved seed varieties, and advanced breeding lines. A survey of 1008 households across three Ethiopian states shows the program significantly enhanced wheat productivity and smallholders’ food security by incre...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
Materias:
food security
farmers
smallholders
productivity
varieties
households
breeding
seeds
development
wheat
food
breeding lines
needs
initiative
programmes
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121791
Sumario:The WLE/Alliance-led Seeds for Needs program developed a new way to evaluate and promote improved seed varieties, and advanced breeding lines. A survey of 1008 households across three Ethiopian states shows the program significantly enhanced wheat productivity and smallholders’ food security by increasing varietal diversification. The study provides empirical evidence for the effective role varietal diversity can play in improving food security in marginal environments.

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