CRP on Dryland Cereals - DC

Overview: FP4-1.1 - Test appropriate seed supply models and facilitate their implementation.

FP4-1.3 - FP4-1.2


Leader: Krista Isaacs, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT
Coleader: Baloua Nebie, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT

Team members: 4
Partner organizations: 4

Budget 2024
USD : 0

Outputs: 4

  Activity/Product Description
    
(1) Reports documenting specific situations. (2) Feasibility of variety release procedures documented for sorghum in West Africa with an IMOD perspective. (3) Village level farmer groups trained for quality seed production of OPVs and Hybrids. Growth of commercial seed industry and increasing rates of adoption of improved cultivars through enhanced seed production, and dissemination, diversification of superior market-preferred sorghum varieties/hybrids for the Sudan and Guinea Savannah of Nigeria (1) Farmer organizations, research partners and development actors investing in seed sector development will use insights generated for developing and enhancng their seed related activities. Farmers in target region accessing seed of improved varieties and hybrids via identified, newly develop channels. Area under new cultivars increased. (2) Adaptive changes of procedures where appropriate.
  Atlas
    
  Outputs
    
Code Type Output Name Leader Co-leader Deliverables Commodity View
FP4-1.1.1 Hybrid seed production, dissemination and feedback from buyers of hybrid sorghum seed monitored Krista Isaacs 1 Sorghum
FP4-1.1.2 Develop gender-sensitive, demand-driven sorghum seed value chains for specific variety types and region-specific socio-economic situations. (Mali, Burkina Faso) Krista Isaacs 0 Sorghum
FP4-1.1.3 Enhance responsiveness of seed-sector actors to specific farmer demands and needs, thus enhancing gender responsiveness and orientation towards needs of poor farmers working in rainfed production systems. (Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso) Krista Isaacs 0 Sorghum
FP4-1.1.4 Characterization of farmers’ seed supply and management systems to develop effective sorghum seed production and marketing chains for sorghum OPV/hybrid seed in sorghum production zones of Nigeria. Krista Isaacs 0 Sorghum
  Training
    
Training Type Title Subject From To
Field Training Field Day on Learn the gender roles in decision-making about sorghum varieties and purchase of sorghum seed in (Mali) (Male: 24, Female: 6) Learn the gender roles in decision-making about sorghum varieties and purchase of sorghum seed 2016-11-30 2016-12-30
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  Partners