Access to Early Generation Seed: Obstacles for Delivery of Climate-Smart Varieties

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierLaura Cramer: 0000-0003-1559-3497
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5_8en
cg.isbn9783319927978en
cg.isbn9783319927985en
cg.placeCham, Switzerlanden
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ccafsPRIORITIES AND POLICIES FOR CSAen
cg.subject.ciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.subject.ciatCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONen
cg.subject.ciatSEED SYSTEMSen
dc.contributor.authorCramer, Laura K.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T18:47:52Zen
dc.date.available2018-12-03T18:47:52Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/98416
dc.titleAccess to Early Generation Seed: Obstacles for Delivery of Climate-Smart Varietiesen
dcterms.abstractChanging climates in eastern and southern Africa will require farmers to adjust which crop varieties they grow in order to adapt to changing patterns of weather, pests and diseases. Delivering more suitable, climate-smart crop varieties requires well-functioning seed systems in which actors work in harmony across the supply chain. Although a great deal of previous development funding has been used to breed new varieties and to encourage farmers to adopt them, the availability of early-generation seed (EGS) continues to be limited by bottlenecks in the supply chain. These problems are particularly significant for non-hybrid varieties and less-commercialized food crops developed by public-sector institutions. This study uses two contrasting case studies from Kenya to illustrate the importance of making improved bean seed varieties available to farmers. The first case study documents a successful instance of EGS transfer, whereas the second highlights the types of barriers that can prevent successful variety adoption. Improved coordination among system actors is necessary to reduce the barriers surrounding EGS provision and production, and thereby strengthen climate-adaptive and adaptable seed systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2018-11-28
dcterms.bibliographicCitationCramer Laura K. 2018. Access to Early Generation Seed: Obstacles for Delivery of Climate-Smart Varieties. In: Rosenstock T., Nowak A., Girvetz E. (eds) The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers. Cham, Switzerland: Springer: 87-98.en
dcterms.extentp. 87-98en
dcterms.issued2019
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99250en
dcterms.subjectclimate-smart agricultureen
dcterms.subjectsupply chainen
dcterms.subjectbarriersen
dcterms.subjectadoptionen
dcterms.subjectseedsen
dcterms.subjectvarietiesen
dcterms.subjectseed systemsen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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