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Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production
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http://oar.icrisat.org/1864/
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Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production
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Monyo, E S
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Millets
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There is virtually no seed of improved semi-arid crops (like pearl millet, sorghum, cowpeas. and groundnuts) sold on the market in southern Africa, in-spite of the importance of these crops to the livelihoods of people in semi-arid tropics in the region. To address this shortcoming, ICRISAT is collaborating with Commutech, a nongovernmental organization, and two private seed companies, the Seed Company of Zimbabwe (Seed Co.) and PANNAR, in a pilot project on on-farm commercial seed production by small-scale farmers in Zimbabwe. The project was initiated during the 1999/2000 season in Wards 9 and 13. Tsholotsho district, Matabeleland North, and Ward 21. Chivi district. Over 600 farmers operating in groups of 20 to 30 are participating with each allocating 1 to 3 ha for the production of seed of pearl millet variety PMV 3 and sorghum variety Macia.
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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2001
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/1864/1/ISMN42_114_2001.pdf
Monyo, E S (2001) Small-scale farmers venture into commercial seed production. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 42. p. 114. ISSN 1023-487X |
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