BENEFIT Partnership - 2019 annual report : Bilateral Ethiopian-Netherlands effort for food, income and trade partnership

Alemu, Dawit; Koomen, I.; Schaap, Mirjam; Ayana, Amsalu; Borman, Gareth; Elias, Eyasu; Smaling, Eric; Getaw, H.; Becx, G.A.; Sopov, Monika; Terefe, Geremew; Schrader, T.H.; Tafere, Tewodros; Vonk, Remko

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“…In addition to community seed banks that EBI and NGOs promoted since the 1990s in Ethiopia, community-based seed production and marketing (through SPCs) emerged as an additional alternative during PSSDS formation and its implementation. As a result, the SPCs and community seed banks have contributed to the diversification of the country's seed systems regarding farmers' choice of crops, varieties, and seed sources (Sisay et al, 2017;Alemu et al, 2019;Andersen, 2019).…”

Section: The "4ds" Of Ethiopia's Current Seed Policy and Practicementioning

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Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development

Mulesa

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Seed system development in the developing world, especially in Africa, has become a political space. This article analyzes current Ethiopian seed politics in light of the historical dynamics of national and international seed system politics and developments. Drawing on multiple power analysis approaches and employing the lens of “international seed regimes,” the article characterizes the historical pattern of seed regimes in Ethiopia. While colonial territories underwent three historical seed regime patterns—the first colonial seed regime, the second post-WWII public seed regime, and the third post-1980s corporate-based neoliberal seed regime, Ethiopia has only experienced one of these. Until the 1950s, when the first US government's development assistance program—the Point 4 Program—enabled the second government-led seed regime to emerge, the farmers' seed systems remained the only seed innovation and supply system. The first colonial seed regime never took hold as the country remained uncolonized, and the government has hitherto resisted the third corporate-based neoliberal seed regime. In the current conjuncture in the contemporary Ethiopian seed regime, four different approaches to pluralistic seed system development are competing: (1) government-led formalization, (2) private-led formalization, (3) farmer-based localization, and (4) community-based integrative seed system developments. The Pluralistic Seed System Development Strategy (PSSDS) from 2013 is a uniquely diverse approach to seed system development internationally; however, it has yet to realize its equity and sustainability potential. This study shows that the agricultural modernization dependency and government-led formal seed systems development have sidelined opportunities to tap into the strength of other alternatives identified in the PSSDS. In conclusion, an integrative and inclusive seed sector is possible if the government takes leadership and removes the current political, organizational, and economic barriers for developing a truly pluralistic seed system.

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Section: The "4ds" Of Ethiopia's Current Seed Policy and Practicementioning

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Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development

Mulesa

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…3) Integración hacia atrás: la tecnología para el cultivo de flores de Etiopía es proporcionada por Países Bajos; de esta forma Países Bajos se asegura cierto control sobre la producción y el mercado florícola de Etiopía (Alemu, 2020); 4) Desarrollo de mercado: la diversificación del mercado también es un factor esencial en el éxito comercial. Gran parte de la exportación florícola de Países Bajos está en al menos 10 países, mientras que Colombia, Ecuador, Kenia y Etiopía, el mayor valor de sus exportaciones de flores van dirigidas a uno o dos países (David, 2013).…”

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Diseño de un modelo para mejorar la competitividad de la cadena de suministro del sector florícola ecuatoriano

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Ecuador's exports have been characterized by primary products (crude oil, bananas and plantains, coffee, shrimp, cocoa, abaca, wood, tuna, fish, natural flowers) and by industrialized products (oil derivatives, processed coffee, cocoa products), fishmeal, other seafood products, chemicals and drugs, metal manufactures, hats, textile manufactures). Ecuador's exports in the period 2017-2021 have been over 20 billion dollars, of which 80% correspond to primary products and 20% to industrialized products. Within primary products, the share of crude oil has been decreasing, going from 42% in 2017 to 34% in 2021, while the rest of primary products has gone from 58% in 2017 to 66% in 2021. These figures mean that Ecuador's specialization is purely agricultural.In this context, the present investigation entitled "Design of a model to improve the competitiveness of the Ecuadorian flower sector" aims to contribute to the Ecuadorian agricultural sector. For this purpose, the study contemplated the following investigations: a) Competitiveness of the Ecuadorian floriculture sector, for which the Balassa methodology was applied, which determined that Ecuador and Colombia have a strong comparative advantage compared to the exporting countries studied such as: The Netherlands, Kenya and Ethiopia. It is concluded that Ecuador must apply marketing strategies, such as market development, to achieve the positioning of its exports in the European Union, which is currently the main market for cut flowers in the world. Another strategy that Ecuador must apply is the related diversification that specifies that the production of cut flowers must be applied to other varieties such as chrysanthemums, carnations, flowers and buds, lilies and orchids, which are currently part of the world market.b) Comparative analysis of the supply chain models: ABC, BSC and SCOR, a review of the literature was applied, it was found that the SCOR model is a very powerful tool to structure, evaluate and compare the practices and performance of Supply Chain.The SCOR model proposes an integrated approach that is based on the conception of an interconnected structure that unites processes, includes performance metrics, best practices and technology with the aim of continuous improvement of the supply chain. c) Performance analysis of the supply chain of the Ecuadorian floriculture sector, by metrics, applying SCOR and AHP. For this study, the SCOR and AHP methodology was applied and as a result, the Return and Management processes register the lowest vii viii

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Pluralistic Seed System Development: A Path to Seed Security?

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Seed security is central to crop production for smallholder farmers in developing countries, but it remains understudied in relation to long-term seed sector development. Here, we compare seed systems in two districts of Central Ethiopia characterized by subsistence-oriented teff cultivation and commercially oriented wheat production and relate this to the country’s pluralistic seed system development strategy (PSSDS). Our analysis is based on quantitative and qualitative information from a household survey and focus group discussions with farmers, as well as document review and key informant interviews with actors that make up the seed sector in the study sites. Farmers in both districts used a range of seed sources but primarily obtained their seeds from informal sources. Evidence of seed insecurity was found in both districts, as apparent from discrepancies between what the seed farmers say they prefer and those they actually use, limited availability of improved varieties and especially certified seeds of these, challenges with seed quality from some sources, and differentiated access to preferred seed and information according to sex, age and wealth. We find that the interventions prioritized in the PSSDS address most of the seed security challenges and seed system dysfunctions identified, but implementation lags, particularly for the informal seed system, which is largely neglected by government programs. The intermediate system shows promise, but while some improvements have been made in the formal system, vested political, organizational, and economic interests within key institutions represent major obstacles that must be overcome to achieve truly integrative and inclusive seed sector development.

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BENEFIT Partnership - 2019 annual report : Bilateral Ethiopian-Netherlands effort for food, income and trade partnership

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Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development

Politics of Seed in Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation: Pathways to Seed System Development

Diseño de un modelo para mejorar la competitividad de la cadena de suministro del sector florícola ecuatoriano

Pluralistic Seed System Development: A Path to Seed Security?

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