Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South

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dc.creatorJonge, Bram de
dc.creatorLópez Noriega, Isabel
dc.creatorOtieno, Gloria Atieno
dc.creatorCadima, Ximena
dc.creatorTerrazas, Franz
dc.creatorHpommalath, Siviengkhek
dc.creatorOudehoven, Frederik van
dc.creatorShrestha, Santosh
dc.creatorPudasaini, Niranjan
dc.creatorShrestha, Deepa Singh
dc.creatorGauchan, Devendra
dc.creatorKasasa, Patrick
dc.creatorBwerazuva, Tsungai
dc.creatorMujaju, Claid
dc.creatorManjengwa, Sipiwe
dc.date2021
dc.date2022-02-09T11:50:04Z
dc.date2022-02-09T11:50:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:34:15Z
dc.descriptionOver the last few decades, there has been a growing appreciation of crop varieties developed by local farmers, commonly referred to as farmers’ varieties. These varieties often have attractive characteristics for both producers and consumers, such as adaptability to harsh environmental conditions and high nutritional values. Yet they are usually not sold in formal markets, and tend to be limited to farmers’ seed systems. This is partially due to national seed laws that, in an effort to guarantee good quality seed of uniform and stable varieties, create obstacles for farmers’ varieties to reach the market. This article describes the experiences of four countries—Bolivia, Laos, Nepal and Zimbabwe—that are developing alternative variety registration systems for farmers’ varieties. Most of these cases have never been documented before. The cases present the main drivers behind and approaches to the registration of farmers’ varieties in different legal contexts and at different stages of development. We conclude that farmers’ variety registration systems can generate benefits including faster and cheaper variety releases, improved farmer incomes, and a larger diversity of well-adapted varieties in the market—but some important issues are still to be resolved.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/118016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/63550
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceDe Jonge, B.; Lopez Noriega, I.; Otieno, G.; Cadima, X.; Terrazas, F.; Hpommalath, S.; van Oudehoven, F.; Shrestha, S.; Pudasaini, N.; Shrestha, D.S.; Gauchan, D.; Kasasa, P.; Bwerazuva, T.; Mujaju, C.; Manjengwa, S. (2021) Advances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South. Agronomy 11(11): 2282 20 p. ISSN: 2073-4395
dc.subjectplant certification
dc.subjectseed systems
dc.subjectagricultural and rural legislation
dc.subjectquality control
dc.subjectcertificación de plantas
dc.subjectsistemas de semillas
dc.subjectlegislación agraria
dc.subjectseed
dc.subjectseed quality
dc.subjectvarieties
dc.subjectregistration
dc.subjectseed certification
dc.subjectlaw
dc.subjectdiversification
dc.subjectagricultural production
dc.subjectseed policies
dc.titleAdvances in the registration of farmers’ varieties: Four cases from the global South
dc.typeJournal Article

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