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Strengths and limitations of small and medium-sized maize seed companies in Latin America

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Title Strengths and limitations of small and medium-sized maize seed companies in Latin America
 
Creator Silva Hinojosa, Arturo
Boddupalli, P.M.
Davis, Nicholas
 
Subject maize
seed production
small and medium enterprises
hybrids
marketing
 
Description Towards the end of 2010, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) promoted the formation of a public-private partnership in Mexico that linked the main maize research and improvement centers (such as CIMMYT, INIFAP, Chapingo Autonomous University, among others), with the private seed production and marketing sector. Dubbed the Maize Seed Consortium, one of its main objectives was to evaluate, develop and/or deploy new high-yielding maize hybrids for distribution to maize grain producers, and at the same time contribute to the strengthening and diversification of the seed sector in Mexico. However, despite having had access to improved germplasm from research institutions such as CIMMYT, and having adopted new competitive hybrids, significant scope still remains to improve rainfed maize yields in Mexico. This document seeks to describe the strengths and limitations of Latin American small- and medium-sized seed enterprises (“seed SMEs”), with a particular focus on Mexican companies that colaborated with CIMMYT between 2011 and 2021, by studying a representative sample consisting of 10 companies whose marketing data and product portfolio were analyzed in depth. The study serves as the basis for recommending actionsthat can further strengthen the Latin American seed sector, and interventions that are required to overcome its present weaknesses. As appropriate, these findings and recommendations can be extrapolated and applied to other Latin American SMEs such as those in Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Colombia, for which information is also included.
 
Date 2022-12-30
2023-02-20T11:51:57Z
2023-02-20T11:51:57Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Silva Hinojosa, A., Prasanna, B.M. and Davis, N. 2022. Strengths and limitations of small and medium-sized maize seed companies in Latin America. Mexico: CIMMYT. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22517
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128763
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22517
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CIMMYT