ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop
Lack of seeds has been identified as an important limitation to increase food production by CGIAR. ILCA and ICARDA have established seed units to address this constraint and promote the supply of seeds of their mandate crops. Much of the seed used for sowing crops in developing countries is produced...
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International Livestock Centre for Africa
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| description | Lack of seeds has been identified as an important limitation to increase food production by CGIAR. ILCA and ICARDA have established seed units to address this constraint and promote the supply of seeds of their mandate crops. Much of the seed used for sowing crops in developing countries is produced in the informal sector by farmers. This is especially important for minor crops where there is no organised commercial activity. The major producer at this level is the smallholder farmer, who is considered to be resource poor, working relatively small land holdings and with most of the labour being supplied by the household. Recognising the importance of this informal seed production by farmers, this workshop was conducted to assess the knowledge base on seed production by smallholders, to identify constraints to increasing seed production, to identify areas where further research is required to support smallholder seed production and to make recommendations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace498302021-08-08T15:58:11Z ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop Hanson, Jean seed production small farms farming systems seed distribution supply feed crops seed collection technology quality demand case studies Lack of seeds has been identified as an important limitation to increase food production by CGIAR. ILCA and ICARDA have established seed units to address this constraint and promote the supply of seeds of their mandate crops. Much of the seed used for sowing crops in developing countries is produced in the informal sector by farmers. This is especially important for minor crops where there is no organised commercial activity. The major producer at this level is the smallholder farmer, who is considered to be resource poor, working relatively small land holdings and with most of the labour being supplied by the household. Recognising the importance of this informal seed production by farmers, this workshop was conducted to assess the knowledge base on seed production by smallholders, to identify constraints to increasing seed production, to identify areas where further research is required to support smallholder seed production and to make recommendations. 1994 2014-10-31T06:08:26Z 2014-10-31T06:08:26Z Conference Proceedings https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49830 en Open Access International Livestock Centre for Africa |
| spellingShingle | seed production small farms farming systems seed distribution supply feed crops seed collection technology quality demand case studies Hanson, Jean ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop |
| title | ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop |
| title_full | ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop |
| title_fullStr | ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop |
| title_full_unstemmed | ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop |
| title_short | ILRI programme: Progress, achievements and impact 1994-1998. Proceedings of a workshop |
| title_sort | ilri programme progress achievements and impact 1994 1998 proceedings of a workshop |
| topic | seed production small farms farming systems seed distribution supply feed crops seed collection technology quality demand case studies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49830 |
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