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Cultivating knowledge on seed systems and seed strategies: Case of the rice crop

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Title Cultivating knowledge on seed systems and seed strategies: Case of the rice crop
 
Creator Bèye, A. M.
Wopereis, M.C.S.
 
Subject seeds
rice
research
 
Description This review gives key information about seed systems with the objective of helping countries in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) to design appropriate strategies based on their own local realities. It starts with an in-depth
assessment of the rice seed sector and emphasizes the factors that can influence its development. These
factors may be associated with the biological characteristics of the rice crop, the complexity of farming
systems, the policy environment, and the markets. The historical background of the seed sector in SSA is
described in order to give a clear picture of the different attempts to find solutions in different countries and
sub-regions. Five major strategic models and several alternative seed strategies are identified. However,
local traditional seed systems will remain the primary source of seed supply for the majority of farmers for
many years to come. These systems are based on farmer-saved seed and farmer-to-farmer seed
exchanges, which are efficient tools in seed dissemination and food security. It is time to recognize local
traditional systems and their contribution to the maintenance of seed quality and crop diversity and to
develop tools for their better utilization. The community-based seed system (CBSS) is proposed as such a
tool. CBSS encourages technicians to recognize local traditional seed systems and to build integrated seed
approaches that take into consideration local realities and the socio-cultural dimension of seed within African
communities. This will likely require a transition period of 5 to 10 years to build the fundamentals of
sustainable seed systems through the structuring of the seed sector and the creation of appropriate
conditions to ensure food security, enriched biodiversity and sustainable production. With climate change,
local traditional seed systems, as well as integrated seed approaches, will likely play a more important role
to improve the performance of agricultural systems while ensuring farmer autonomy
 
Date 2014-01-15
2021-11-23T15:12:40Z
2021-11-23T15:12:40Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bèye, A. M. Wopereis, M. C. S.Cultivating knowledge on seed systems and seed strategies: Case of the rice crop.Net Journal of Agricultural Science.2014, Volume 2, Issue 1:11-29.
2315-9766
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116209
http://www.netjournals.org/pdf/NJAS/2014/1/13-047.pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format 11-29
 
Source Net Journal of Agricultural Science