Four Seasons of Learning and Engaging Smallholder Farmers - icrisat

Table 1-3: Seed production and delivery models tested in TL II target countries (as at Sept 2009)
Model Country
Mali Niger Nigeria Ethiopia Kenya Malawi Moz Tanzania India
production
NARS (at research center) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Public sector with contract farmers (who have No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
“good record”)
Public sector at FS farm No No No No No No No Yes No
Individual farmers & farm groups producing FS Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No
Agricultural universities No No Yes No No No No No Yes
IARCs producing FS directly Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
IARCs contracting farmers No No No No No Yes No No No
Small private seed companies in FS Yes No No No No No No No No
Certified Seed production
Private sector (company) No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes
Private sector (company), w/ cont. farm No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
From private sector with contract farmers No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Public sector - seed firms No No Yes No No No No Yes No
Public sector with contract farmers No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
Farmer groups Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Small-scale seed producers Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Agricultural universities No No Yes No No No No No No
Other Quality Seed production
Individual seed producers (independent) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
CBSS farmer groups operating by themselves Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No
Schools No No No No No No No Yes No
NGOs directly No No No No No No No No Yes
NGOs facilitated No No No Yes Yes No No Yes No
Farmers’ groups/unions/coops Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
PDKV model No No No No No No No No Yes
Farmers involved in payback system No No No No Yes No No No No
Seed village No No No No No No No No Yes
Government supported, non-certified No No No No Yes No No No No
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