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

dc.contributor.authorAkpo, E.
dc.contributor.authorOjiewo, C.O.
dc.contributor.authorOmoigui, L.O.
dc.contributor.authorRubyogo, J.C.
dc.contributor.authorVarshney, R.K.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-28T09:18:35Z
dc.date.available2022-09-28T09:18:35Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationAkpo, 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.identifier.isbn978-981-15-0844-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7814
dc.description.abstractFor 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.
dc.format.extent1-2
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing
dc.subjectGrain Legumes
dc.subjectTropical Legumes
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectSubsaharan Africa
dc.subjectVarieties
dc.subjectValue Chain
dc.subjectBreeding
dc.subjectCommon Beans
dc.subjectGroundnuts
dc.subjectChickpeas
dc.subjectCowpeas
dc.subjectSeeds
dc.titleA brief overview of smallholder farmers' access to seed of improved legume varieties
dc.typeBook Chapter
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeBiotech and Plant Breeding
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidAKPO:2020a
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR Multi Centre
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.iitasubjectValue Chains
cg.notesPublished online: 11 Mar 2020
cg.publicationplaceGateway East, Singapore
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0845-5_1
cg.iitaauthor.identifierLucky Omoigui: 0000-0001-8473-2775
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo


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