A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties

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dc.creatorAkpo, E.
dc.creatorOjiewo, Christopher Ochieng
dc.creatorOmoigui, L.O.
dc.creatorRubyogo, Jean-Claude
dc.creatorVarshney, Rajeev K.
dc.date2020
dc.date2020-08-10T08:24:14Z
dc.date2020-08-10T08:24:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:59:31Z
dc.descriptionFor decades, the vast majority of smallholder farmers in developing countries, mainly sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to some extent South Asia (SA), heavily rely on non-improved and auto-saved variety seed, accounting for about 80% of their material used for planting. Though the seed use figures by farmers vary from one region to another, with West Africa showing the lowest rate of improved seed use (below 20%) and South Asia with much higher rate (up to 70%), the overall situation looks less encouraging. At the same time, substantial breakthroughs have been made by breeding programs, and many more are still in the pipeline. Some of the traits of recently developed varieties have targeted the consumers’ demands and farmers’ preferences.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/108974
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/119442
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAkpo, E., Ojiewo, C.O., Omoigui, L.O., Rubyogo, J.C. & Varshney, R.K. (2020). A brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties. In E. Akpo, C.O. Ojiewo, L.O. Omoigui, J.C., Rubyogo, and R.K. Varshney, Sowing legume seeds, reaping cash: a renaissance within communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Gateway East, Singapore: Springer International Publishing, (p. 1-2).
dc.subjectgrain legumes
dc.subjecttropical legumes
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectsubsaharan africa
dc.subjectvarieties
dc.subjectvalue chain
dc.subjectbreeding
dc.subjectseed
dc.subjectcommon beans
dc.subjectgroundnuts
dc.subjectchickpeas
dc.subjectcowpeas
dc.titleA brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties
dc.typeBook Chapter

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