Towards better metrics and policymaking for seed system development: Insights from Asia's seed industry

Vista sencilla de ítem
dc.creatorSpielman, David J.
dc.creatorKennedy, Adam
dc.date2016-06-24
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:55Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:55Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:22:04Z
dc.descriptionSince the 1980s, many developing countries have introduced policies to promote seed industry growth and improve the delivery of modern science to farmers, often with a long-term goal of increasing agricultural productivity in smallholder farming systems. Public, private, and civil society actors involved in shaping policy designs have, in turn, developed competing narratives around how best to build an innovative and sustainable seed system, each with varying goals, values, and levels of influence. Efforts to strike a balance between these narratives have often played out in passionate discourses surrounding seed rules and regulations. As a result, however, policymakers in many countries have expressed impatience with the slow progress on enhancing the contribution of a modern seed industry to the overarching goal of increasing agricultural productivity growth. One reason for this slow progress may be that policymakers are insufficiently cognizant of the trade-offs associated with rules and regulations required to effectively govern a modern seed industry. This suggests the need for new data and analysis to improve the understanding of how seed systems function. This paper explores these issues in the context of Asia's rapidly growing seed industry, with illustrations from seed markets for maize and several other crops, to highlight current gaps in the metrics used to analyze performance, competition, and innovation. The paper provides a finite set of indicators to inform policymaking on seed system design and monitoring, and explores how these indicators can be used to inform current policy debates in the region.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148521
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102306
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSpielman, David J.; and Kennedy, Adam. 2016. Towards better metrics and policymaking for seed system development: Insights from Asia's seed industry. Agricultural Systems 147(2016): 111 - 122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.05.015
dc.subjectseed systems
dc.subjectseed
dc.subjectintellectual property rights
dc.subjectfarm inputs
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectsubsidies
dc.subjectbiosafety
dc.titleTowards better metrics and policymaking for seed system development: Insights from Asia's seed industry
dc.typeJournal Article

Archivos

Colecciones

Instituto Internacional de Investigación sobre Políticas Alimentarias (IFPRI)