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Designing self-sustaining early generation seed supply systems: The must-dos

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Title Designing self-sustaining early generation seed supply systems: The must-dos
 
Creator Akpo, Essegbemon
Opie, Hellen
Ojiewo, Christopher O.
Desmae, Haile
Muricho, Geoffrey
Midingoyi, Soul
Ntare, Bonny
Ayana, Amsalu
Ininda, Jane
Van Mourik, Tom A.
van Schagen, Boudy
Okori, Patrick
 
Subject shortages
seed production
business models
seed
seed systems
 
Description Shortages in the supply of quality early generation seed (EGS) of new and improved varieties, particularly of dryland cereals and legumes is a major challenge because of the business models.This triggers the following questions: what EGS business models would sustainably avail quality parent seed? To investigate this, we documented 16 EGS interventions. We found that pre-securing seed market ahead of production played important role in the successful seed business. Taking different forms (e.g., pre-orders, demand forecasting, pre-aggregation of demand, joint planning,contractual agreement), it brings confidence to EGS producers to continuously invest in the business and make it profitable. For sustainable EGS production and supply in sub-Saharan Africa, we advocate for market assurance in advance. Two guiding principles are also suggested and four recommendations formulated.
 
Date 2022-09-30
2023-02-20T11:52:01Z
2023-02-20T11:52:01Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier Akpo, E., Opie, H., Ojiewo, C.O., Desmae, H., Muricho, G., Midingoyi, S., Ntare, B., Ayana Aga, A., Ininda, J., van Mourik, T., van Schagen, B. and Okori, P. 2022. Designing self-sustaining early gen-eration seed supply systems: The must-dos. ISSD Africa Policy Brief 2022-03. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen University and Research. https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22515
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128764
https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22515
https://doi.org/10.18174/579985
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Wageningen University and Research