Enhancing resilience of farmer seed system to climate-induced stresses: Insights from a case study in West Nile region, Uganda

Kansiime, Monica K.; Mastenbroek, A.

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.08.004

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“…McGuire and Sperling (2016) found that, over RTB crops and research sites, 47% of the farmers had used off-farm seed in the last planting season. Kansiime and Mastenbroek (2016) reported that 30% of the Ugandan farmers in their study sourced off-farm cassava stems for planting in normal years. We found in our study sites in Nigeria and Vietnam/Cambodia that respectively 10-20% and 13-70% of the farmers used off-farm planting material in the last season (Pircher et al in preparation, Delaquis et al 2018).…”

Section: A Reflection On Farmers' Demand For Seed and A Research Agendamentioning

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“…This complication for a business-approach to the seed transactions is important in Africa and especially in vegetatively propagated crops that are essential for local food security. For these crops it is often considered inappropriate to pay, or ask for cash for planting material (Ngabo, 2015;Kilwinger et al, 2018;Kansiime & Mastenbroek, 2016), although experiences show that this may be partly overcome when dealing with a new variety that is not yet commonly available.…”

Section: A Reflection On Farmers' Demand For Seed and A Research Agendamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential

Almekinders¹,

Walsh²,

Jacobsen

et al. 2019

Food Sec.

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Seed systems for roots, tuber, and banana (RTB) crops receive relatively little attention from development-oriented research and commercial seed sector actors, despite their importance for food security, nutrition and rural livelihoods. We review RTB seed systems-with particular reference to potato, sweetpotato, cassava, yam and banana -to reflect on current seed system development approaches and the unique nature of these systems. We refer to our own experiences, literature and 13 case studies of RTB seed system interventions to identify gaps in our knowledge on farmer practices in sourcing and multiplying seed, and processes affecting seed quality. Currently, most approaches to developing RTB seed systems favour decentralised multiplication models to make quality seed available to smallholder farmers. Nevertheless, arguments and experiences show that in many situations, the economic sustainability of these models cannot be guaranteed, among others because the effective demand of farmers for seed from vegetatively propagated crops is unclear. Despite the understudied nature of farmers' agronomic and social practices in relation to seed production and sourcing in RTB crops, there is sufficient evidence to show that local RTB seed systems are adaptive and dynamic. Our analysis suggests the paramount importance of understanding farmers' effective demand for seed and how this affects the sustainable supply of quality seed from specialized producer-entrepreneurs, regardless of the seed system paradigm. From the case studies we learnt that few interventions are designed with a rigorous understanding of these issues; in particular, what types of interventions work for which actors, where, and why, although this is a necessary condition for prioritizing investments to increase the use of improved seed by smallholder farmers.

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Section: A Reflection On Farmers' Demand For Seed and A Research Agendamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Reflection On Farmers' Demand For Seed and A Research Agendamentioning

confidence: 99%

Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential

Almekinders¹,

Walsh²,

Jacobsen

et al. 2019

Food Sec.

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“…Ultimately, broad-based engagement through formal and informal channels to promote access, availability, affordability, and adoption of high-quality HYVs among smallholders is essential given the clear benefits to food insecure HHs. HYVs can also counteract the adverse effects of increased environmental pressures from global climate change [3,57,58].…”

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Adoption of High-Yielding Groundnut Varieties: The Sustainability of a Farmer-Led Multiplication-Dissemination Program in Eastern Uganda

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This study examines the adoption of high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of groundnut by smallholders in eastern Uganda. The primary focus of this work is the analysis of the sustainability of impacts from a regional farmer-led HYV dissemination and multiplication program. Data collected in 2014 is used to determine the lasting impact of the program conducted a decade prior, from 2001 to 2004. The structure of the data, which includes a treatment and 2-part control group, is critical to the identification of project impacts, measured as groundnut land allocation to groundnut HYVs (%). Fractional regression, propensity score matching and instrumental variable techniques are utilized to address potential bias from model specification, selection, and endogeneity. We find that, on average, participating households allocated 21% more of their land in groundnuts to HYVs relative to controls. Diffusion of program benefits through spillover is revealed by statistically significant differences in mean adoption between neighbor and non-neighbor controls, such that benefits are transferred from participants to their neighbors but not to the non-neighbor control group. We also find that, because of seed saving practices, the average yield for HYVs decreased over time to levels below those obtained from landrace varieties. Thus, the program effectively aided in information dissemination and technology transfer within rural communities. However, additional knowledge transfer is critical to the sustainability of food security outcomes among participant farmers.

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“…This increases the fragility of agri-food systems to pest and disease outbreaks and other climate-related shocks (Landis 2017). Similarly, reducing crop genetic diversity lowers the number of traits and response options to pests and disease vectors, and thus the adaptation to changing biotic and environmental conditions (Kansiime and Mastenbroek 2016). The role of public research and extension will need to increase in helping promote sustainable farming systems and production.…”

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Closing the Potential-Performance Divide in Ugandan Agriculture

2018

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Enhancing resilience of farmer seed system to climate-induced stresses: Insights from a case study in West Nile region, Uganda

Cited by 62 publications

References 19 publications

Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential

Why interventions in the seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas crops do not reach their full potential

Adoption of High-Yielding Groundnut Varieties: The Sustainability of a Farmer-Led Multiplication-Dissemination Program in Eastern Uganda

Closing the Potential-Performance Divide in Ugandan Agriculture

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