Insufficient seed: A barrier to farmers’ adoption of varieties

In sub-Saharan
Africa, insufficient seed of new varieties has been a barrier to farmers’
adoption of varieties for decades. Moreover, seed systems have almost always
been divorced from the providers of the varieties — the breeders.



According to Dr
Moussa Sié, Africa Rice Breeding Task Force Coordinator, breeders should be
responsible for the production of ‘breeder seed’. When the formal