A brief overview of smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties

E. Akpo; C.O. Ojiewo; L.O. Omoigui; J.C. Rubyogo; R.K. Varshney

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_1

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A brief overview of smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties

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A brief overview of smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties

E. Akpo, C.O. Ojiewo, L.O. Omoigui, J.C. Rubyogo and R.K. Varshney

Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash, pp.1-2

Springer, Singapore

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_1

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Abstract

For decades, the vast majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries, mainly sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to some extent South Asia (SA), heavily rely on non-improved and auto-saved variety seed, accounting for about 80% of their material used for planting. Though the seed use figures by farmers vary from one region to another, with West Africa showing the lowest rate of improved seed use (below 20%) and South Asia with much higher rate (up to 70%), the overall situation looks less encouraging. At the same time, substantial breakthroughs have been made by breeding programs, and many more are still in the pipeline. Some of the traits of recently developed varieties have targeted the consumers’ demands and farmers’ preferences.

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Title: A brief overview of smallholder farmers’ access to seed of improved legume varieties
Authors/Creators: E. Akpo (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
C.O. Ojiewo (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
L.O. Omoigui (Author/Creator) - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
J.C. Rubyogo (Author/Creator) - International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Arusha, Tanzania
R.K. Varshney (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Contributors: E. Apko (Editor)
C.O. Ojiewo (Editor) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
L.O. Omoigui (Editor) - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
J.C. Rubyogo (Editor) - International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Arusha, Tanzania
R.K. Varshney (Editor) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Publication Details: Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash, pp.1-2
Publisher: Springer, Singapore
Identifiers: 991005544579807891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter

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