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Farmers' perceptions on improved bread wheat varieties and formal seed supply in Ethiopia

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Title Farmers' perceptions on improved bread wheat varieties and formal seed supply in Ethiopia
 
Creator Bishaw, Zewdie
 
Contributor Alemu, Dawit
 
Subject attainment indices
farmers’ perception
formal seed system
varietal attributes
Wheat
 
Description The paper presents smallholder farmers' perceptions on attributes of bread wheat varieties based on primary data collected from 524 households in four major wheat growing areas of Ethiopia. The results indicated high value of attainment indices for improved varieties compared to landraces, which shows how the demanded attributes are embodied more in improved ones. Grain yield and yellow and stem rust resistance are attributes that are desired most compared to others. However, there is high variability in attainment indices among improved varieties for the different attributes, which suggests the need to target varieties for the different environments including disease and drought tolerance. The results also showed inconsistency between the value of attainment indices of varieties and the amount of seed supplied by the formal sector, which resulted in mismatch between demand and supply leading to considerable carryover seed. The formal sector needs to consider diversifying its bread wheat varietal portfolio and increase its capacity for seed supply to respond to emerging challenges and effectively address farmers’ preferences.
 
Date 2017-01-17
2017-02-24T18:26:30Z
2017-02-24T18:26:30Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://ijpp.gau.ac.ir/article_3313.html
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/tkGeUmbw
Zewdie Bishaw, Dawit Alemu. (17/1/2017). Farmers' perceptions on improved bread wheat varieties and formal seed supply in Ethiopia. International Journal of Plant Production, 11 (1), pp. 117-130.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/5998
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyrighted; Non-commercial educational use only
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (GUASNR)
 
Source International Journal of Plant Production;11,(2017) Pagination 117,130