Farmer seed enterprise revisited: Local seed business models in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Myanmar

Gareth Denis Borman, Astrid Mastenbroek, Christophe Rodier, Marja Helen Thijssen, Amsalu Ayana Aga, Legesse Abate, Christine Joyce Adong, Christine Kawuma Menya, Patrick Oyee, Abishkar Subedi, Thuzar Khin and Min Oo

Agricultural Systems, 2025, vol. 230, issue C

Abstract: Globally, seed business is dominated by vegetables, in sub-Saharan Africa by maize hybrids, and in South and Southeast Asia by rice and wheat. Save for informal seed systems, smallholders have few sources to turn to for quality seed of local staples, like sorghum, beans, and sweet potato. This is despite large public investments in developing improved varieties of such crops.

Keywords: Seed system; Market archetype; Common good; Marginal economic value; Niche innovation; Smallholder (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104452

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