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Increasing Seed System Efficiency in Africa: Concepts, Stragegies and Issues

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Mywish Maredia (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
Julie Howard
Duncan Boughton ()

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The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework that can be used by agricultural leaders, administrators, policy makers, and seed program managers to (1) understand key factors affecting seed system development; and (2) compare organizational and institutional strategies for increasing seed system effectiveness. A literature review of recent studies on seed system development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) was undertaken to achieve these objectives. The studies reviewed included published and unpublished reports, monographs, and case studies.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number 77.

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Date of creation: 1999
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Keywords: food security food policy Sub-Saharan Africa seed system

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  1. Wiggins, Steve & Cromwell, Elizabeth, 1995. "NGOs and seed provision to smallholders in developing countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 413-422, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Jaffee, S. & Srivastava, J., 1992. "Seed System Development; The Appropriate Roles of The Private and Public Sectors," World Bank - Discussion Papers 167, World Bank.
  3. Elizabeth Cromwell, 1992. "The Impact of Economic Reform on the Performance of the Seed Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 68, OECD Development Centre. [Downloadable!]
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