Is there a space for medium-sized cassava seed growers in Nigeria?. Issue 6 (1st November 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Is there a space for medium-sized cassava seed growers in Nigeria?. Issue 6 (1st November 2020)
- Main Title:
- Is there a space for medium-sized cassava seed growers in Nigeria?
- Authors:
- Bentley, Jeffery W.
Nitturkar, Hemant
Obisesan, David
Friedmann, Michael
Thiele, Graham - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Until recently, there has been little commercial sale of vegetatively propagated crop seed, except for potatoes ( Solanum tuberosum ). This is especially true in developing countries. However, a formal, commercial seed sector for cassava ( Manihot esculenta ) is emerging in Nigeria. In 2016, a project, Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System in Nigeria (BASICS), started to encourage village farmers to certify and sell cassava seed. A questionnaire survey of 30 cassava entrepreneurs across Nigeria in 2019 included some of those village-based growers as well as larger producers, including some who certified their planting material. In the long run, if there is a consistent demand for certified cassava seed, medium-sized producers may be able to satisfy some of that demand, especially if they have continued programmatic support; otherwise, these budding seed entrepreneurs may close down.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of crop improvement. Volume 34:Issue 6(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of crop improvement
- Issue:
- Volume 34:Issue 6(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 34, Issue 6 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 34
- Issue:
- 6
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0034-0006-0000
- Page Start:
- 842
- Page End:
- 857
- Publication Date:
- 2020-11-01
- Subjects:
- Seed of vegetatively propagated crops (VPC) -- cassava -- Nigeria: planting material -- seed certification
Crop science -- Periodicals
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http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/15427528.2020.1778149 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1542-7528
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