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Few small farmers have access to or use seeds of improved germplasm. This paper seeks to identify seed initiatives underway in the Latin American region and define some implications. A brief summary of current projects, including their documentation, is presented by commodity group. There is a need for both more information to be collected from case study analysis and research on seed systems. The IARCs have a definite role to play to complement their germplasm development efforts and participate in technology transfer and institutional building/bridging. In the actual project environment, IARCs can play a complementary-facilitator role to other institutions. Areas of particular concern with forage projects include the implications of novel species, real demand for seed, congruence between forage and seed objectives, environmental requirements of priority species, seed production within farming/cropping systems and the nature of the project environment, including the need for promoting market demand

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