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Seed Systems: Models & Lessons Learned

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/10195/
 
Title Seed Systems: Models & Lessons Learned
 
Creator ICRISAT, -
 
Subject Smallholder Farmers
Cereals
Millets
Pearl Millet
Chickpea
Pigeonpea
Sorghum
Drylands Agriculture
Seeds/Seed Bank
African Agriculture
Indian Agriculture
Legume Crops
Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi
Seed Systems
 
Description ICRISAT’s Seed Systems Models and Lessons Learned booklet explains the rationale of ICRISAT’s work on seed systems in the drylands, the different approaches and their impact on the ground. Improving farmers’ access to improved seeds in the drylands is seen as a cost-effective strategy to improve farm productivity and food security. Different models of seed systems are tested and developed by ICRISAT and its development partners in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia depending on the local context. It includes small seed packets, groundnut seed revolving fund in Malawi, support to community-based systems, farmer seed organizations or local seed ventures, and public private seed partnerships like the Hybrid Parents Research Consortium for pearl millet and sorghum in India. ICRISAT’s vision on seed systems is demand-driven, holistic and working in partnership, along the crop value chain.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2017-09
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10195/1/Seed%20system%20booklet.pdf
ICRISAT, - (2017) Seed Systems: Models & Lessons Learned. Monograph. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad.