Increasing Seed System Efficiency in Africa: Concepts, Stragegies and Issues

Mywish Maredia, Julie Howard and Duncan H. Boughton ()
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Mywish Maredia: Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

No 77, International Development Working Papers from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework that can be used by agricultural leaders, administrators, policy makers, and seed program managers to (1) understand key factors affecting seed system development; and (2) compare organizational and institutional strategies for increasing seed system effectiveness. A literature review of recent studies on seed system development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) was undertaken to achieve these objectives. The studies reviewed included published and unpublished reports, monographs, and case studies.

Keywords: food security; food policy; Sub-Saharan Africa; seed system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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