Navigating toward resilient and inclusive seed systems

OT Westengen, SP Dalle, TH Mulesa - … of the national academy of sciences, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Food systems face new climatic and socioecological challenges and farmers need a
diversity of new plant varieties to respond to these. While plant breeding is important …

Gender inclusivity through maize breeding in Africa: A review of the issues and options for future engagement

RC Voss, J Donovan, P Rutsaert… - Outlook on …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
With the prioritization of social inclusion in agricultural development, donors and research
centers have shown growing interest in gender-intentional varietal development and …

Genomics-driven breeding for local adaptation of durum wheat is enhanced by farmers' traditional knowledge

CA Gesesse, B Nigir, K de Sousa… - Proceedings of the …, 2023‏ - pnas.org
In the smallholder, low-input farming systems widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, farmers
select and propagate crop varieties based on their traditional knowledge and experience. A …

Putting diverse farming households' preferences and needs at the centre of seed system development

K Mausch, CJM Almekinders… - Outlook on …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Over recent decades international agricultural research has shown that it can generate
agricultural technologies with benefits for societies in the Global South that outstrip the …

Seed value chain development in the Global South: Key issues and new directions for public breeding programs

J Donovan, P Rutsaert, D Spielman… - Outlook on …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Where CGIAR breeding programs rely on the private sector for the multiplication and
distribution of improved cultivars, persistent challenges have dampened their impact on …

Targeting market segment needs with public-good crop breeding investments: A case study with potato and sweetpotato focused on poverty alleviation, nutrition and …

SO Ojwang, JJ Okello, DJ Otieno, JM Mutiso… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Crop breeding programs have often focused on the release of new varieties that target yield
improvement to achieve food security and reduce poverty. While continued investments in …

[HTML][HTML] Social incentives as nudges for agricultural knowledge diffusion and willingness to pay for certified seeds: Experimental evidence from Uganda

J Okello, KM Shikuku, CJ Lagerkvist, J Rommel… - Food Policy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A transition from low-input subsistence farming in Sub-Saharan Africa will require the use of
yield-increasing agricultural technologies. However, in develo** countries, most farmers …

Maize variety preferences among smallholder farmers in Ethiopia: Implications for demand-led breeding and seed sector development

P Marenya, R Wanyama, S Alemu, O Westengen… - PLoS …, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Among smallholder maize farmers in Ethiopia (and similar areas in Africa), yield and stress
tolerance traits in maize varieties are important. While high yields remain a major objective …

Why farmers use so many different maize varieties in West Kenya

CJM Almekinders, P Hebinck, W Marinus… - Outlook on …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In this article we reflect on the discussions as to whether breeding and seed system
development should proceed along its current well established route of develo** varieties …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated seed health strategy and phytosanitary risk assessment: Potato in the Republic of Georgia

KFA Onofre, GA Forbes, JL Andrade-Piedra… - Agricultural …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
CONTEXT Potato is an essential food staple and a critical crop for rural livelihoods in the
Republic of Georgia, where many phytosanitary risks threaten production. OBJECTIVE The …