How responsive is Nigeria’s cassava seed system to farmers’ demand? Exploring supply and demand interactions in three farming communities

Autor:	Thomas Pircher, Esmé Rosa Stuart, Conny J. M. Almekinders, David Obisesan, Hemant Nitturkar, Godwin Asumugha, Emmanuel Azaino, Andrea Knierim
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Cassava Nigeria Soil Science WASS Plant Science planting material seed system demand-orientation Technologie and Innovatie Knowledge Technology and Innovation Genetics Kennis Kennis Technologie and Innovatie Agronomy and Crop Science
Zdroj:	Journal of Crop Improvement, 36(6), 816-841 Journal of Crop Improvement 36 (2022) 6
ISSN:	1542-7536 1542-7528
DOI:	10.1080/15427528.2021.2018749
Popis:	Based 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 production or continuous support from the formal system, they do not reach underserved markets.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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