Characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeSeed Equalen
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierHiroyuki Takeshima: 0000-0002-1761-408Xen
cg.creator.identifierCatherine Ragasa: 0000-0002-8033-0784en
cg.creator.identifierTemilolu Bamiwuye: 0009-0009-5876-9895en
cg.creator.identifierAdetunji Fasoranti: 0000-0001-8259-7186en
cg.creator.identifierLucky Omoigui: 0000-0003-3514-9617en
cg.howPublishedGrey Literatureen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Uniten
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Innovation Policy and Scaling Uniten
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.number2302en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaGenetic Innovationen
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobsen
dc.contributor.authorTakeshima, Hiroyukien
dc.contributor.authorRagasa, Catherineen
dc.contributor.authorBamiwuye, Temiloluen
dc.contributor.authorFasoranti, Adetunjien
dc.contributor.authorOmoigui, Luckyen
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-13T14:48:47Zen
dc.date.available2024-12-13T14:48:47Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/163452
dc.titleCharacteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeriaen
dcterms.abstractCONTEXT: Despite the significant roles that intermediary seed systems play in the supply of quality seeds in developing countries, including Africa south of the Sahara, the knowledge gap remains generally substantial regarding the general characteristics and seed quality control performance of intermediary seed systems such as community seed schemes (CSS), which still operate predominantly outside the formal seed systems. OBJECTIVE: We aim to narrow the knowledge gap on seed production practices implemented by CSS, their economic and technical characteristics, the extent of seed quality control achieved, and potential challenges CSS is facing. METHODS: Using primary survey data of seed producers of key grains (maize, rice, and sorghum) and legumes (cowpea and soybean) from 380 CSS in Kano state in northern Nigeria, we qualitatively assess origins and drivers of their growth, extent of seed production, relations with upstream actors (breeder and foundation seed providers) and downstream actors (seed buyers), economic structures of their seed production, aspects of quality control measures they engage, and potential roles of external support, such as training on the implementation of these quality control measures. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: We discovered that many of the interviewed CSS have emerged endogenously, taking up seed production to address the challenges in access to quality seeds in their locality. Their seed production has often grown into viable businesses that have provided potentially significant additions to their incomes. Oftentimes, these CSS implemented some seed quality control measures, including making closer visual checks of seeds, checking germination rates, and bagging/packing seeds, among others. However, fuller seed quality control may be significantly skill-intensive, and most CSS still do not implement many of the recommended measures under some of the intermediary quality assurance standards, such as Quality Declared Seed. Our qualitative assessment suggests that future support for CSS can focus on technical support to raise the ability to engage in broader categories of quality assurance activities in economically viable ways and to improve the awareness and knowledge of different varieties and access to foundation seeds. SIGNIFICANCE: The quality assurance provided by existing CSS in Nigeria may be relatively limited, particularly in proper maintenance of the seed production field and the quality of original seeds that CSS intend to multiply. Providing external support through training and technical assistance can be an effective way to transform community seed schemes into critical providers of seed quality assurance in the intermediate seed system and to fill gaps in the formal seed system.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTakeshima, Hiroyuki; Ragasa, Catherine; Bamiwuye, Temilolu; Fasoranti, Adetunji; and Omoigui, Lucky. 2024. Characteristics of community seed schemes for grains and legumes: Insights from northern Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2302. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163452en
dcterms.extent25 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2024-12-13en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseOtheren
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12466en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2014.977476en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148593en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134873en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136474en
dcterms.subjectquality controlen
dcterms.subjectseed qualityen
dcterms.subjecttrainingen
dcterms.subjectlegumesen
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen

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