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Case Study: Investment in sustainable seeds for sustainable agricultural intensification

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Title Case Study: Investment in sustainable seeds for sustainable agricultural intensification
 
Creator Dalberg Asia
 
Description This study estimates that Sustainable Seeds Systems for the Global South received approximately USD 15 billion in funding cumulatively between 2010-2019 across all sources of funders. This is roughly one-third the total funding for seeds innovation in the same time period. Though the trend should get confirmed with further data, the analysis made in this study reveals a slight decline in the trend for investments in sustainable seeds innovation over the last 2-3 years for which data was available.
Approximately 55% of this funding is concentrated in the Research & Development (R&D) and
Product Development stages of activity with Marketing & Behaviour Change activities also receiving about 30% of this funding. Private sector funding is concentrated in R&D and Product Development whereas Government funding is well balanced across R&D, Product Development, Marketing, Infrastructure Development. Development Funders tend to also focus on Research and Product Development.
Finally, farmer-saved seeds and community seed systems attract only miniscule funding (
 
Date 2021
2021-09-30T06:12:35Z
2021-09-30T06:12:35Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Dalberg Asia. 2021. Case Study: Investment in sustainable seeds for sustainable agricultural intensification. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification. 9p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115261
Enhancing Sustainability Across Agricultural Systems
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND
Open Access
 
Format 9p.
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Publisher Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification