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022			_a2073-4395 (Online)
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020372
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041			_aeng
100	1		_aMulesa, T.H. _911578
245	1	0	_aPluralistic seed system development : _ba path to seed security?
260			_aBasel (Switzerland) : _bMDPI, _c2021.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aSeed security is central to crop production for smallholder farmers in developing countries, but it remains understudied in relation to long-term seed sector development. Here, we compare seed systems in two districts of Central Ethiopia characterized by subsistence-oriented teff cultivation and commercially oriented wheat production and relate this to the country’s pluralistic seed system development strategy (PSSDS). Our analysis is based on quantitative and qualitative information from a household survey and focus group discussions with farmers, as well as document review and key informant interviews with actors that make up the seed sector in the study sites. Farmers in both districts used a range of seed sources but primarily obtained their seeds from informal sources. Evidence of seed insecurity was found in both districts, as apparent from discrepancies between what the seed farmers say they prefer and those they actually use, limited availability of improved varieties and especially certified seeds of these, challenges with seed quality from some sources, and differentiated access to preferred seed and information according to sex, age and wealth. We find that the interventions prioritized in the PSSDS address most of the seed security challenges and seed system dysfunctions identified, but implementation lags, particularly for the informal seed system, which is largely neglected by government programs. The intermediate system shows promise, but while some improvements have been made in the formal system, vested political, organizational, and economic interests within key institutions represent major obstacles that must be overcome to achieve truly integrative and inclusive seed sector development.
546			_aText in English
650		7	_aSeed _2AGROVOC _99893
650		7	_aSeed quality _2AGROVOC _96102
650		7	_aVarieties _gAGROVOC _2 _91303
650		7	_aPolicies _2AGROVOC _94809
650		7	_aSmallholders _2AGROVOC _91763
651		7	_2AGROVOC _92025 _aEthiopia
700	1		_aDalle, S.P. _923453
700	1		_aMakate, C. _910807
700	1		_aHaug, R. _923454
700	1		_aWestengen, O.T. _911580
773	0		_gv. 11, no. 2, art. 372 _dBasel (Switzerland) : MDPI, 2021. _tAgronomy _x2073-4395
856	4		_yClick here to access online _uhttps://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11020372
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