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Social science in CGIAR has a history of providing feedback and recommendations to crop breeding programs on seed product design. However, coordination between the s...
In the case of hybrid maize, local and privately owned seed companies design new seed products and distribute them to farmers, who are important market intelligence clie...
Despite the continuous introduction of new rice varieties, farmers persist in cultivating old and popular varieties susceptible to pests and diseases. Data from Inve...
Vietnam is the largest sweetpotato producer in South-eastern Asia. It is also Asia’s 3rd-largest sweetpotato producer (after China and Indonesia) and the world’s 10t...
Photo “Sorghum bicolor Bild0902” by Marco Schmidt is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 Governments and donors have challenged crop breeding programs led by CGIAR and nation...
“Maize Field” by Black Claw is licensed under CC BY 2.0 In Kenya, most farmers produce maize under rain-fed conditions and purchase hybrid maize seeds on an annual ba...