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dc.creatorDonovan, J.en_US
dc.creatorRutsaert, P.en_US
dc.creatorSpielman, D.en_US
dc.creatorShikuku, K.M.en_US
dc.creatorDemont, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-09T06:46:15Z
dc.date.available2021-12-09T06:46:15Z
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.identifier.citationDonovan J, Rutsaert P, Spielman D, Shikuku KM, Demont M. Seed value chain development in the Global South: Key issues and new directions for public breeding programs. Outlook on Agriculture. 2021; 50(4): 366-377. doi: 10. 1177/00307270211059551.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0030-7270en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/4989
dc.description.abstractWhere CGIAR breeding programs rely on the private sector for the multiplication and distribution of improved cultivars, persistent challenges have dampened their impact on varietal adoption and turnover rates. Part of the problem is that research and practice in CGIAR and among its national breeding program partners tend to treat the private sector as a vehicle for seed delivery, rather than as commercial businesses facing a range of unique constraints and threats. This paper adopts a value chain framework to examine these relationships and pathways for improved varietal adoption/turnover outcomes in three cases: hybrid maize, farmed fish, and rice. In the first two cases, weak incentives and high risks left seed companies reluctant to invest in the marketing and quality assurance efforts needed to realize near-term impacts at scale from breeding investments. In the third case, seed companies played an insignificant role: grain traders supplied certified seed to smallholders, potentially prioritizing consumers’ quality preferences over climate-resilience and stress-tolerance traits for farmers. The findings raise important questions about the role of CGIAR and national breeding programs; specifically, how these programs can effectively support the private sector to deliver impact at greater scale, how consumer preferences are captured in trait prioritization within breeding programs, and what types of incentive mechanisms can be changed within breeding programs to advance a genuine shift towards ‘demand-oriented’ plant breeding.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dc.sourceOutlook On Agriculture;50,(2021) Pagination 366,377en_US
dc.subjectbreeding programsen_US
dc.subjectfarmed fishen_US
dc.subjectno povertyen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental health and biodiversityen_US
dc.subjecthybrid maizeen_US
dc.subjectFishen_US
dc.titleSeed value chain development in the Global South: Key issues and new directions for public breeding programsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
cg.contributor.crpFishen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.funderMinistry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands, Directorate-General for International Cooperationen_US
cg.contributor.funderCGIAR System Organizationen_US
cg.contributor.funderCGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.contributor.projectW1/W2 - PIM Phase 2en_US
cg.coverage.regionGlobalen_US
cg.subject.agrovocnutritionen_US
cg.subject.agrovocriceen_US
cg.subject.agrovocpoverty reductionen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFishen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Instituteen_US
cg.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
cg.identifier.ISIindexedISI indexeden_US
cg.contribution.worldfishauthorShikuku, K.M.en_US
cg.description.themeSustainable aquacultureen_US
cg.description.themeValue chains and nutritionen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00307270211059551en_US
cg.creator.idKelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074Xen_US


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