Full Length Research Paper
References
Abebe A, Dawit A, Zewdie B, Tekeste K, Karta K (2016). Early Generation Seed Production and Supply in Ethiopia: Status, Challenges and Opportunities. Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Science 27(1):99-119. |
|
Almekinders CJM Louwaars NP (1999). Farmers' seed production. London: Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd. |
|
Almekinders, CJM, Louwaars NP, and de Bruijin GH (1994). Local seed systems and their importance for an improved seed supply in developing countries. Euphytica 78:207-216. |
|
Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) (2015). Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) annual report, 2015/16.page 52. |
|
Dawit Alemu and Zewdie Bishaw (2015). Commercial behaviours of smallholder farmers in wheat seed use and its implication for demand assessment in Ethiopia. Development in Practice 25(6):798-814. |
|
David S (2004). Farmer seed enterprises: a sustainable approach to seed delivery? Agriculture and Human Values 21:387-397. |
|
Fikre M (2017). Seed Policy International Best Practices Review for Developing a Comprehensive National Seed policy for Ethiopia. A draft background report submitted to ATA. July 15, 2017 (Unpublished draft). |
|
Gerpacio RV (2003). The roles of public sector versus private sector in R & D and technology generation: the case of maize in Asia. Agricultural Economics 29:319-330. |
|
Kugbei S, Zewdie B (2002). Policy measures for stimulating indigenous seed enterprises. Journal of New Seeds 4(1):47-63. |
|
Loch DS, Boyce KC (2003). Balancing public and private sector roles in an effective seed supply system. Field Crops Research 84(1-2):105-122. |
|
Louwaars N (2009). Seed systems and PGRFA. Background Study Paper for the State of the World's Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. FAO, Rome, Italy. |
|
Louwaars NP, De Boef WS (2012). Integrated seed sector development in Africa: A conceptual framework for creating coherence between practices, programs, and policies. Journal of Crop Improvement 26:39-59. |
|
Manap NA, Zainol ZA, Hussein SH, Sidik NM, Shafiee R (2007). The Intellectual Property Rights for new plant varieties: a Malaysian perspective. Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Conference of the British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association, Hertfordshire, 16-17 April 2007. |
|
Maredia M, Howard J, Boughton D, Naseen A, Wanzala M, Kajisa K (1999). Increasing seed system efficiency in Africa: Concepts, strategies and issues. MSU International Development Working Paper. Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. |
|
McGuire S (2005). Getting Genes: Rethinking seed system analysis and reform for sorghum in Ethiopia. PhD Thesis Wageningen Agricultural University. |
|
Minot N (2008). Promoting a strong seed sector in sub-Saharan Africa. IFPRI Policy Brief 6. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA. |
|
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) (2013). Rural development policy and strategies. Ethiopia: Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
|
Pray CE, Ramaswami B (1991). A Framework for Seed Policy Analysis in Developing Countries. International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA. |
|
Smale M, Nagarajan L, Diakité, L, Audi P, Grum M, Jones R, Weltzien E (2009). Tapping the potential of village markets to supply seed in semi-arid Africa: A Case Study Comparison from Mali and Kenya. Paper presented at the conference Towards Priority Action for Market Development for African Farmers 13-15 May 2009, Nairobi, Kenya. |
|
Tripp R (1993). Invisible hands, indigenous knowledge and inevitable fads: Challenges to public sector research in Ghana. World Development 21(12):2003-2016. |
|
Tripp R (2000). Strategies for seed system development in sub- Saharan Africa. Working Paper Series No. 2. ICRISAT, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. |
|
Tripp R (2003). How to cultivate a commercial seed sector. Paper presented at the symposium on 'Sustainable Agriculture for the Sahel', Bamako, Mali, 1-5 December 2003. |
|
Tripp R (2006). Strategies for seed system development in sub-Saharan Africa: A study of Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. SAT eJournal 2(1) [online]. |
|
Tripp R, Louwaars N (1997). Seed regulation: choices on the road to reform. Food Policy 22(5):433-446. |
|
Tripp R, Rohrbach D (2001). Policies for African seed enterprise development. FoodPolicy 26(2):147-161. |
|
World Bank (1998). Initiatives for sustainable seed systems in Africa. In: FAO. Seed Policy and Programmes for Sub-Saharan Africa. Proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes for Sub-Saharan Africa, Abijan, Côte d'Ivoire 23-27 November 1998. |
|
World Bank (2006). Intellectual property rights. Designing regimes to support plant breeding in developing countries. Agriculture and Rural Development Department, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA. |
|
World Bank (2017). Ethiopian Agriculture.The World Bank Annual Report 2017. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank. |
|
Zewdie B, Abebe A (2016). Enhancing Agricultural Sector Development in Ethiopia: the Role of Research and Seed Sector. ISSN 0257-2605. Special Issue 2016 |
|
Zewdie B, van Gastel AJG (2008). ICARDA's seed-delivery approach in lass favorable areas through village-based seed enterprises: conceptual and organizational issues. Journal of New Seeds 9(1):68-88. |
Copyright © 2023 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.
This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0