Seed Trade In Rural Markets

Author : Leslie Lipper
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136545174
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seed Trade in Rural Markets written by Leslie Lipper and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Markets have been found to be an increasingly important source of the seeds of crops and varieties low income farmers need to improve their livelihoods, encompassing both the formal and informal seed sector. Markets also have major impacts on agricultural biodiversity, by affecting farmers' choice of crops and varieties to grow. They are not, however, a homogenous institution, although all too frequently policies and regulations are developed as though they were. Markets vary considerably depending on the participants, on the institutions that govern how and what they exchange, and on local agricultural, economic and social conditions. Developing effective strategies to improve the way agricultural markets work, including how farmers use crop genetic resources, requires understanding of these variations. Seed Trade in Rural Markets presents a unique set of case studies from Bolivia, India, Kenya, Mali and Mexico on agricultural seed and product markets that describe three important market characteristics expected to affect farmers' access to seeds and varieties: the range of varieties on offer, the information provided about them, and relative prices. The case studies - all based around a common framework to aid comparability - also provide information on social, agricultural and economic factors which may be affecting the market availability, information, and cost of crop genetic resources, and ultimately the capacity to stimulate agricultural development Published with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations

Author : Leslie Lipper
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1844077845
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seed Trade in Rural Markets written by Leslie Lipper and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Peter S. Setimela
Publisher : CIMMYT
ISBN 13 : 970648115X
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Successful Community-based Seed Production Strategies written by Peter S. Setimela and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 2004 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Tripp
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seed Provision & Agricultural Development written by Robert Tripp and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2001 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines origins, growth, and performance of seed provision systems and relates

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. planting seed trade written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : American Seed Trade Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Year Book and Proceedings of the Annual Convention written by American Seed Trade Association and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The impact of Ethiopia’s direct seed marketing approach on smallholders’ access to seeds, productivity, and commercialization written by Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia. Among those, on the supply side, is the limited availability of seed in the volumes, quality, and timeliness required by farmers, which is partly a result of limited public and private investment in the sector. Beginning in 2011, the Government of Ethiopia introduced a novel experiment-the Direct Seed Marketing (DSM) approach-to reduce some of the centralized, state-run attributes of the country’s seed market and rationalize the use of public resources. DSM was designed to incentivize private and public seed producers to sell seed directly to farmers rather than through the state apparatus. This study is the first quantitative evaluation of DSM’s impact on indicators of a healthy seed system: access to quality seeds, on-farm productivity, and market participation of smallholders. Using a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach, the study finds that DSM led to a 26 percent increase in maize yields and a 5 percent increase in the share of maize harvest sold. DSM also led to improvements in seed availability for all three of Ethiopia’s major cereals: maize, wheat, and teff. However, DSM’s effects on yields and share of harvest sold are not statistically significant for wheat and teff. These crop-specific differences in performance are likely explainable by biological differences between hybrid maize and openly pollinated varieties of wheat and teff that incentivize private sector participation in maize seed markets over wheat and teff seed markets. These differences demand different policies and perhaps even institutional approaches to accelerating adoption between hybrids and OPVs.

Author : United States. Agricultural Marketing Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Livestock and Seed Program written by United States. Agricultural Marketing Service and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : CIMMYT
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book Seed Business Management in Africa written by and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Gisselquist
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821339916
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Easing Barriers to Movement of Plant Varieties for Agricultural Development written by David Gisselquist and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Bank Technical Paper No. 364. The trade policies of the countries of the Andean Group--Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela--are in the midst of rapid change, particularly in agriculture, where trade policies are being overhauled and trade rules rewritten on domestic, regional, and global levels. This paper highlights the trade options open to each country by looking at agricultural policy in light of general trade policy. The report also discusses the particular role the Andean Group is playing and how the trade pact may influence the liberalization of agricultural markets.