How responsive is Nigeria’s cassava seedsystem to farmers’ demand? Exploring supplyand demand interactions in three farmingcommunities

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationHohenheim Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Potato Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorNetherlands Organisation for Scientific Researchen
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierThomas Pircher: 0000-0003-1924-3216
cg.creator.identifierEsmé Stuart: 0000-0001-8686-320X
cg.creator.identifierconny almekinders: 0000-0001-9779-5150
cg.creator.identifierDavid Obisesan: 0000-0001-6076-6380
cg.creator.identifierHemant Nitturkar: 0000-0003-0332-5997
cg.creator.identifierGodwin Asumugha: 0000-0002-7042-762X
cg.creator.identifierEmmanuel Azaino: 0000-0002-7569-1884
cg.creator.identifierAndrea Knierim: 0000-0002-4082-144X
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2021.2018749en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1542-7536en
cg.issue6en
cg.journalJournal of Crop Improvementen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.cipANDEAN ROOTS AND TUBERSen
cg.subject.cipCROP AND SYSTEMS SCIENCES CSSen
cg.subject.cipSEED SYSTEMSen
cg.volume36en
dc.contributor.authorPircher, T.en
dc.contributor.authorStuart, E.R.en
dc.contributor.authorAlmekinders, Conny J.M.en
dc.contributor.authorObisesan, D.en
dc.contributor.authorNitturkar, H.en
dc.contributor.authorAsumugha, G.en
dc.contributor.authorAzaino, E.en
dc.contributor.authorKnierim, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-31T21:03:24Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-31T21:03:24Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/117855
dc.titleHow responsive is Nigeria’s cassava seedsystem to farmers’ demand? Exploring supplyand demand interactions in three farmingcommunitiesen
dcterms.abstractBased on a concept for demand-orientation in seed systems, we characterized Nigeria’s cassava (Manihot esculenta) seed system from national to local level and farmers’ demand in three study sites. Interviews with seed-system actors explained their roles for supply-side functions. Focus group discussions and a survey described multiple aspects of farmers’ demand. Our findings show that the national agriculture development program alone did not have the capacity to supply farmers with sufficient seed of desired varieties. Seed exchange between farmers and informal seed sellers contributed to the distribution of seed and new varieties. The presence of seed sellers and farmers’ demand for cassava seed varied between the three study sites, farmer types and gender. We conclude that informal seed sellers and village seed entrepreneurs have a potential to respond to farmers’ heterogeneous demands. However, without recurrent demand for specialized seed pro-duction or continuous support from the formal system, they do not reach underserved markets.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen
dcterms.audienceNGOsen
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-01-07
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPircher, T., Stuart, E. R., Almekinders, C. J. M., Obisesan, D., Nitturkar, H., Asumugha, G., Azaino, E., & Knierim, A. (2022). How responsive is Nigeria’s cassava seed system to farmers’ demand? Exploring supply and demand interactions in three farming communities. Journal of Crop Improvement. ISSN 1542-7536. pp. 1–26.en
dcterms.extentp. 816-841en
dcterms.issued2022-11-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectseed systemsen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectgeneticsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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