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Commercially sustainable cassava seed systems in Africa

dc.contributor.authorLegg, J.
dc.contributor.authorDiebiru-Ojo, E.M.
dc.contributor.authorEagle, D.
dc.contributor.authorFriedmann, M.
dc.contributor.authorKanju, E.
dc.contributor.authorKapinga, R.
dc.contributor.authorKumar, P.L.
dc.contributor.authorLateef, S.
dc.contributor.authorMagige, S.
dc.contributor.authorMtunda, K.
dc.contributor.authorYabeja, J.W.
dc.contributor.authorNitturkar, H.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-19T10:36:42Z
dc.date.available2022-07-19T10:36:42Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationLegg, J.P., Diebiru-Ojo, E., Eagle, D., Friedmann, M., Kanju, E., Kapinga, R., ... & Nitturkar, H. (2022). Commercially sustainable cassava seed systems in Africa. In M. Friedmann, H. Campos, V. Polar, and J.W. Bentley, Root, Tuber and Banana Food System Innovations, Cham: Springer (p. 453-482).
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-92021-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7555
dc.description.abstractCassava is an important crop in sub-Saharan Africa for food security, income generation, and industrial development. Business-oriented production systems require reliable supplies of high-quality seed. Major initiatives in Nigeria and Tanzania have sought to establish sustainable cassava seed systems. These include the deployment of new technologies for early generation seed (EGS) production; the promotion of new high-yielding and disease-resistant varieties; the updating of government seed policy to facilitate enabling certification guidelines; the application of ICT tools, Seed Tracker and Nuru AI, to simplify seed system management; and the establishment of networks of cassava seed entrepreneurs (CSEs). CSEs have been able to make profits in both Nigeria (US$ 551–988/ha) and Tanzania (US$1,000 1,500/ha). In Nigeria, the critical demand driver for cassava seed businesses is the provision of new varieties. Contrastingly, in Tanzania, high incidences of cassava brown streak disease mean that there is a strong demand for the provision of healthy seed that has been certified by regulators. These models for sustainable cassava seed system development offer great promise for scaling to other cassava-producing countries in Africa where there is strong government support for the commercialization of the cassava sector.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent453-482
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.subjectCassava
dc.subjectSeed Production
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectTechnology Transfer
dc.subjectProduction
dc.subjectYields
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.titleCommercially sustainable cassava seed systems in Africa
dc.typeBook Chapter
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationMennonite Economic Development Associates, Canada
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Center
cg.contributor.affiliationTanzania Agricultural Research Institute
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.researchthemePlant Production and Health
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidLEGG:2022
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectCassava
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.notesPublished online: 07 Apr 2022
cg.publicationplaceCham, Switzerland
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92022-7_15
cg.iitaauthor.identifierJames Legg: 0000-0003-4140-3757
cg.iitaauthor.identifierEdward Kanju: 0000-0002-0413-1302
cg.iitaauthor.identifierRegina Kapinga: 0000-0002-6551-2942
cg.iitaauthor.identifierP. Lava Kumar: 0000-0003-4388-6510
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