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Private‐Public Partnership: improved bean seed access in Malawi

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Title Private‐Public Partnership: improved bean seed access in Malawi
 
Creator Rubyogo, Jean-Claude
Magreta, R.
Chirwa, Rowland
Mazuma, E.
Andrews, M.
 
Subject partnerships
beans
value chain
farmers
common beans
seeds
sustainability
households
 
Description This initiative was aimed at demonstrating that the public‐private partnerships in the bean seed value chain can make a difference to avail bean seed of improved varieties to farmers. The common beans is an import food crop covering an estimated area of 260,000 ha in Malawi in 2010. However the reliable system for access to quality seed of improved bean varieties is still constrained by lack of sustainable supply. Through a public‐private partnership (PPP), CIAT‐DARS and DS Ltd shared seed system related roles, which generated about 1040 tons between 2009‐11, reaching 590,000 smallscale farmers with seed of improved bean varieties. An evaluation carried out to assess the outcomes, revealed that sustained provision of foundation seeds through diversified sources (both private and public), technical support/backstopping from extension staff and researchers to private seed suppliers was essential in establishing an efficient and sustainable seed supply system.
 
Date 2012
2018-06-05T19:51:43Z
2018-06-05T19:51:43Z
 
Type Poster
 
Identifier Rubyogo, J.C., Magreta, R., Chirwa, R., Mazuma, E., Andrews, M. (2012). Private‐Public Partnership: improved bean seed access in Malawi. Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance: New Results-Based Management System for enhanced impact-oriented R4D. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance – PABRA. Nairobi. KE, 1 p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/93051
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 1 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance