A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile
Climate change has exacerbated the frequency and severity of extreme weather events affecting the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa. Risks such as increased droughts, pests, floods, and heatwaves are projected to increase significantly in future years. The form...
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| author | Kramer, Berber Waweru, Carol Waithaka, Lilian Eyase, Jean Chegeh, Joseph Kivuva, Benjamin Cecchi, Francesco |
| author_browse | Cecchi, Francesco Chegeh, Joseph Eyase, Jean Kivuva, Benjamin Kramer, Berber Waithaka, Lilian Waweru, Carol |
| author_facet | Kramer, Berber Waweru, Carol Waithaka, Lilian Eyase, Jean Chegeh, Joseph Kivuva, Benjamin Cecchi, Francesco |
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| description | Climate change has exacerbated the frequency and severity of extreme weather events affecting the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa. Risks such as increased droughts, pests, floods, and heatwaves are projected to increase significantly in future years. The formal seed sector is an important entry point to help farmers better manage these risks, as it provides access to high-quality certified seeds of improved stress-tolerant varieties, selected and bred to maximize productivity in good years, whilst reducing the impact of climate change risks in bad years. The challenge, however, is that the formal market is not always inclusive and is more accessible to middle- or largescale (and often male) farmers. Smaller farmers (often female) are more likely to obtain seeds from informal sources (friends or peers) or collect their own seeds from the crops they grow. This creates social inequities in distribution channels for quality seeds; and in qualitative research, farmers informed us that the COVID-19 pandemic has further restricted their access to inputs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1420402025-12-08T10:11:39Z A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile Kramer, Berber Waweru, Carol Waithaka, Lilian Eyase, Jean Chegeh, Joseph Kivuva, Benjamin Cecchi, Francesco models seeds entrepreneurship farmers modelling inclusion Climate change has exacerbated the frequency and severity of extreme weather events affecting the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa. Risks such as increased droughts, pests, floods, and heatwaves are projected to increase significantly in future years. The formal seed sector is an important entry point to help farmers better manage these risks, as it provides access to high-quality certified seeds of improved stress-tolerant varieties, selected and bred to maximize productivity in good years, whilst reducing the impact of climate change risks in bad years. The challenge, however, is that the formal market is not always inclusive and is more accessible to middle- or largescale (and often male) farmers. Smaller farmers (often female) are more likely to obtain seeds from informal sources (friends or peers) or collect their own seeds from the crops they grow. This creates social inequities in distribution channels for quality seeds; and in qualitative research, farmers informed us that the COVID-19 pandemic has further restricted their access to inputs. 2021-07-30 2024-05-22T12:09:51Z 2024-05-22T12:09:51Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142040 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133543 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134938 https://issdafrica.org/2020/12/08/literature-review-gender-and-promoting-quality-seeds-in-africa/ https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134158 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kramer, Berber; Waweru, Carol; Waithaka, Lilian; Eyase, Jean; Chegeh, Joseph; Kivuva, Benjamin; and Cecchi, Francesco. 2021. A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile. Project July 2021. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134491. |
| spellingShingle | models seeds entrepreneurship farmers modelling inclusion Kramer, Berber Waweru, Carol Waithaka, Lilian Eyase, Jean Chegeh, Joseph Kivuva, Benjamin Cecchi, Francesco A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile |
| title | A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile |
| title_full | A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile |
| title_fullStr | A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile |
| title_short | A new model for inclusive seed delivery: Lessons from a pilot study in Kenya: Leveraging champion farmers’ entrepreneurial know-how to reach the last mile |
| title_sort | new model for inclusive seed delivery lessons from a pilot study in kenya leveraging champion farmers entrepreneurial know how to reach the last mile |
| topic | models seeds entrepreneurship farmers modelling inclusion |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142040 |
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