Author:
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789706480088
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Farmers' wheat seed sources and seed management in Chilalo Awraja, Ethiopia
Farmers' wheat seed sources and seed management in the Enebssie area, Ethiopia
Farmers' seed sources and management of bread wheat in Wolmera Woreda, Ethiopia
Wheat Farmers' Seed Management and Varietal Adoption in Kenya
Adoption of improved wheat technologies in Adaba and Dodola Woredas of the Bale highlands, Ethiopia
The impact of Ethiopia’s direct seed marketing approach on smallholders’ access to seeds, productivity, and commercialization
Author: Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia. Among those, on the supply side, is the limited availability of seed in the volumes, quality, and timeliness required by farmers, which is partly a result of limited public and private investment in the sector. Beginning in 2011, the Government of Ethiopia introduced a novel experiment-the Direct Seed Marketing (DSM) approach-to reduce some of the centralized, state-run attributes of the country’s seed market and rationalize the use of public resources. DSM was designed to incentivize private and public seed producers to sell seed directly to farmers rather than through the state apparatus. This study is the first quantitative evaluation of DSM’s impact on indicators of a healthy seed system: access to quality seeds, on-farm productivity, and market participation of smallholders. Using a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach, the study finds that DSM led to a 26 percent increase in maize yields and a 5 percent increase in the share of maize harvest sold. DSM also led to improvements in seed availability for all three of Ethiopia’s major cereals: maize, wheat, and teff. However, DSM’s effects on yields and share of harvest sold are not statistically significant for wheat and teff. These crop-specific differences in performance are likely explainable by biological differences between hybrid maize and openly pollinated varieties of wheat and teff that incentivize private sector participation in maize seed markets over wheat and teff seed markets. These differences demand different policies and perhaps even institutional approaches to accelerating adoption between hybrids and OPVs.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Several factors contribute to the low level of improved variety use in Ethiopia. Among those, on the supply side, is the limited availability of seed in the volumes, quality, and timeliness required by farmers, which is partly a result of limited public and private investment in the sector. Beginning in 2011, the Government of Ethiopia introduced a novel experiment-the Direct Seed Marketing (DSM) approach-to reduce some of the centralized, state-run attributes of the country’s seed market and rationalize the use of public resources. DSM was designed to incentivize private and public seed producers to sell seed directly to farmers rather than through the state apparatus. This study is the first quantitative evaluation of DSM’s impact on indicators of a healthy seed system: access to quality seeds, on-farm productivity, and market participation of smallholders. Using a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences approach, the study finds that DSM led to a 26 percent increase in maize yields and a 5 percent increase in the share of maize harvest sold. DSM also led to improvements in seed availability for all three of Ethiopia’s major cereals: maize, wheat, and teff. However, DSM’s effects on yields and share of harvest sold are not statistically significant for wheat and teff. These crop-specific differences in performance are likely explainable by biological differences between hybrid maize and openly pollinated varieties of wheat and teff that incentivize private sector participation in maize seed markets over wheat and teff seed markets. These differences demand different policies and perhaps even institutional approaches to accelerating adoption between hybrids and OPVs.
Farmers' Maize Seed Systems in Western Oromia, Ethiopia
Author:
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9706480757
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9706480757
Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Proceedings of the Warren E. Kronstad Symposium
Author: J. Reeves
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789706480842
Category : Plant breeders
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789706480842
Category : Plant breeders
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Eleventh Regional Wheat Workshop for Eastern, Central and Southern Africa
Author:
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789291460878
Category : Wheat
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN: 9789291460878
Category : Wheat
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description