Community Seed Production
During the 1970s and 1980s, seed system support in developing countries was focused on strengthening public sector institutions including agricultural research centers, extension services and state-owned seed corporations. This approach achieved limited success in Africa such that structural adjustment programs in the 1980s and 1990s resulted in general withdrawal of state seed system support. It created space especially for the private sector but also for civil society seed organizations while maintaining linkages with public sector agricultural research systems. The 1990s also saw the emergence of large-scale direct seed purchase and distribution, particularly in Africa, in response to natural disasters and crisis. Since 2000, agricultural development has been at very low levels with widespread underinvestment in the sector worldwide. However, there are now indications that donors are regaining interest in agriculture and especially in the seed sector.
Main Authors: | 1423211762260 Ojiewo, C.O., 184100 FAO, Rome (Italy) eng, 1423211762265 Community Seed Production Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 9-11 Dec 2013 eng, 1423211762261 Kugbei, S., 1423211762262 Bishaw, Z., 1423211762263 Rubyogo, J.C., 163993 International Crops Research Inst. for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru (India) |
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Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
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Rome (Italy) FAO/ICRISAT
2015
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Subjects: | seed production, varieties, quality controls, sustainability, farmers associations, community organizations, training, public sector, private sector, case studies, |
Online Access: | http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4553e.pdf |
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