… for achieving seed system gains at scale, on a sustained basis, and that serve the
smallholder farmer. It is this type of aggregated seed-specific research and analysis, focused on …

… Some of these households rely on agriculture to supplement their food needs, and an …
agricultural production is the seed system. Smallholder farmers in rural areas rely on informal seed …

… Issues in Seed System Development The objectives of a functioning seed system are to: •
Provide seed of appropriate varieties for use by different categories of farmers. • Develop and …

… to quality seed of improved varieties at affordable prices due to inadequate seed systems
has … This paper analyses four seed systems case studies: chickpea in Ethiopia and Myanmar; …

… of maize seed sectors, serving smallholder farmers not only in … in formal seed systems
targeting smallholder farmers, we … formal seed systems for other crops important for smallholder …

… We synthesize evidence on the contributions and limitations of the different actors, activities,
and institutions pertaining to all seed systems smallholder farmers use, formal and informal. …

… use the term farmers’ seed system. The importance of farmer-produced seed varies between
crops, farms, … In the following, we describe the seed requirements of small-scale farmers in …

… seed systems. While the more formal channels of a seed system remain central to scaling,
evidence shows that smallholder farmers source the majority of their seed from the informal …

… majority of farmers rely on an informal seed system to … seed, which results in persistent
low yields. This review examines the relationship between seed systems in Kenya and on-farm …

… role in farmers’ seed systems. Grounded in Southern Africa, it explains how smallholder
farmers are not just resisting the insertion of philanthrocapitalism into their seed systems, but are …