CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(1)
Published: Oct. 2, 2024
Language: Английский
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 44(2)
Published: March 26, 2024
As a fundamental pillar of food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), ensuring seed is critical to empowering farmers cultivating and livestock feed, thereby fostering income generation from agricultural outputs. Among the crops cultivated by smallholders, legumes have potential deliver multifaceted benefits. Legumes are nutrient-dense enhance soil health through their nitrogen-fixing qualities. However, many instances, development, release, supply improved legume varieties insufficient meet needs smallholder SSA. Here, we systematically reviewed literature (i) identify categorize existing systems, (ii) map available (iii) barriers hindering adoption various varieties, (iv) strategies opportunities for strengthening systems Our results demonstrate coexistence formal informal within chains SSA, each employing unique distribution channels. Smallholders, however, shown predominantly depend on system source most seeds except commercially varieties. We also identified diverse range smallholders region, with having varying trait preferences based crop type gender. Notably, high yield abiotic stress tolerance were preferred traits. The these influenced factors, including lack timely access adequate quantities system, costs, limited information new highlighted that utilizing had positive effect leading welfare, security, dietary diversity, income. conclude effective scaling SSA contingent upon presence supportive policy frameworks well-established technical support structures.
Language: Английский
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Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(9), P. 1208 - 1208
Published: April 26, 2024
In an era dominated by conventional agricultural practices, underutilized legumes termed "Forgotten Gems" represent a reservoir of untapped benefits with the unique opportunity to diversify landscapes and enhance global food systems. Underutilized crops are resistant abiotic environmental conditions such as drought adapt better harsh soil climatic conditions. high in protein secondary metabolites, highlighting their role providing critical nutrients correcting nutritional inadequacies. Their ability increase dietary variety security emerges component importance. Compared mainstream crops, have been shown reduce impact climate change. capacity for nitrogen fixation positive on health make them sustainable contributors biodiversity conservation balance. This paper identifies challenges proposes strategic solutions, showcasing transformative agriculture, nutrition, sustainability. These should be recognized, integrated into celebrated potential revolutionize production while promoting
Language: Английский
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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(11), P. 4750 - 4750
Published: June 3, 2024
Having a strong seed system that could spur agricultural expansion would be the first and most important step toward achieving food security in nation of India. The main objective this study was to investigate impact Improved Production Technology (IPT) on production high-quality seeds blackgram (Vigna mungo L.) cultivar VBN 6 farmer-participatory mode Tamil Nadu, India’s Ponnanaiyar subbasin during kharif rabi 2017–18. In total, 985 farmers from 235 places throughout chosen Pudukkottai Tiruchirappalli districts received frontline IPT demonstrations applied their agronomic practices afterwards. Compared traditional approaches, our demonstrated not only facilitated seeds, but also 25.14% higher yield blackgram. Furthermore, average water productivity improved 0.116 kg ha−1 m−3 0.154 m−3. This indicated effective guaranteeing sustainable thus great value raising farmers’ net incomes, profitability, cost-benefit ratios. There is little well-documented data how approach improves technology way case pulses when adopting technologies arable crop farming. Our creative method having participate allowed us evaluate these extension programs affected utilized produce seeds. cost–benefit
Language: Английский
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Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 211, P. 103750 - 103750
Published: Aug. 31, 2023
Agroecosystems' social-ecological resilience largely depends on the crop diversity generated and maintained by farmers, which provides insurance against changing environmental socio-economic conditions. In turn, generation, maintenance, distribution is influenced seed circulation networks. Thus, patterns of can support or constrain households' access to diversity, affecting on-farm diversity. We aimed at understanding mechanisms shaping farmers' by: Assessing how biocultural traits influence circulation; Exploring connections between household position in network for different crops. conducted research south-eastern Senegal applying inventories a survey document acquisitions six local staple crops, differ traits. Household's varietal household- community-level measures calculated each were used compare among Then, we analyzed association networks using generalized linear models. Our advances two main findings about importance First, several operate same community time. Each species circulated differently, be explained crop's Socio-cultural traits, like cultural relevance crop, biological functional group (e.g., legumes, cereals), affect circulation. Seed that involved external actors, agricultural extension projects NGOs, more centralized than these actors absent. Second, household's centrality (indegree betweenness) was generally associated with higher However, factors determined seeds differed crops variety types. Farmer-to-farmer are instrumental maintenance agrobiodiversity catalyze introduction new system. tensions exist traditional interventions) sharing, resulting unidirectional distribution, might
Language: Английский
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PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(6), P. e0306059 - e0306059
Published: June 21, 2024
The use of quality seeds is crucial to improve rice yield, food security, and farmers' livelihoods. large informal seed system, limited access seeds, low replacement rate challenge increasing yield. Despite robust government initiatives support the progress has been slow. Besides, need for behavioural change, enhanced coordination, communication at local level not received adequate attention. We investigate preferences seed, packet sizes, types, sources, assess impact utilizing good seed. collected quantitative data from 1196 farmers in northern Bangladesh 2019. To identify major factors influencing regarding we employed ordered logit multinomial models. Additionally, used propensity score matching procedure formal sources on findings revealed that strongly prefer using despite accessibility. Of total farmers, 34% public source 33% private rest rely their own saved seeds. increased yields base yield by 0.07-0.28 t/ha. found about a 48% gap accessing good-quality indicating significant potential scaling up systems. Farmers yielded 0.03-0.15 t/ha more than users. 5 kg packets due cost-effectiveness, easy storage, handling convenience. polycoated jute sacks versatility, multi-purpose applications, resistance pests. econometric model results showed were significantly influenced gender, farm type, crop price, market distance, various stakeholders' advice, supply systems' constraints. should implement policies programs strengthen well-connected network rural areas, promoting inclusivity, enhancing productivity. needs be considered designing implementing seed-related foster sustainable agricultural development.
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15
Published: Aug. 1, 2024
In developing countries, orphan legumes stand at the forefront in struggle against climate change. Their high nutrient value is crucial malnutrition and chronic diseases prevention. However, as ‘orphan’ definition suggests, their seed systems are still underestimated production scanty. Seed priming an effective, sustainable strategy to boost quality for which up-to-date guidelines required guarantee reliable reproducible results. How far we along this path? What do expect from priming? This brings other relevant questions. socio-economic relevance of Mediterranean Basin? potentiate a broader cultivation specific regions? The case study BENEFIT-Med (Boosting technologies towards resilient farming systems) project, developed by multidisciplinary research networks, envisions roadmap producing new knowledge innovative improve productivity through priming, with long-term objective promoting sustainability food security for/in climate-sensitive regions. review highlights existing drawbacks that must be overcome before could reach state ‘climate-ready crops’. Only integration biology, technology agronomy, barrier between bench local agricultural fields may overcome, generating high-impact technical innovations legumes. We intend provide powerful message encourage future line United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development.
Language: Английский
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Food Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 133, P. 102792 - 102792
Published: Jan. 5, 2025
Language: Английский
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Legume Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(1)
Published: Feb. 10, 2025
ABSTRACT Limited information exists on the impact of current seed storage methods quality in Central Ethiopia. The study aimed to assess extent decline on‐farm stored chickpeas. Two hundred two farmers were identified using a multistage and purposive technique, samples collected from five districts. rounds at early March planting time September 2022. Seed tests, including physical purity, physiological quality, health conducted standard laboratory techniques for samples. In Round 1, results showed that mean moisture (SM, %), germination (SG, %) 94.9%, 10.7%, 83.8%, respectively. Moreover, about 95.5% 81.8% satisfied certified class D standards SM SG, However, 2, met SG dropped 36.9% 63.1%, infection varied between 12% 80%, whereas 25% 100%. During both sampling, no sample fulfilled specified chickpea (%). Overall, was considerably lower during compared storage. challenges maintaining production, storage, management practices indicating need improve processing, handling enhance farm‐level productivity.
Language: Английский
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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 23(1)
Published: Feb. 13, 2025
Language: Английский
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Outlook on Agriculture, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Feb. 13, 2025
Dryland legumes and cereals are a good food source in Africa's drylands. However, their production is constrained by the limited availability of improved varieties sustainable seed supply channels. The efficiency breeding institutions variety registration release processes influence crop development wide range market. entire process influences adoption varieties, diversity, overall resilience agricultural systems. Therefore, this article investigates how national programs interact with for to improve systems’ Africa. This study adopted Preferred Reporting Items Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses identify examine previous research. A total 63 articles were reviewed. found that efforts have focused on staple crops, neglecting dryland cereals. Among significant challenges highlighted resources weak regulatory framework. Additionally, poor communication between breeders farmers lack reliable data intensifies challenges. Despite different stakeholders being involved dissemination, they coordination, which delays introduction new varieties. Furthermore, remain critical barriers development. Hence, promote productivity, accessibility, enhance Africa, it essential streamline early-generation processes. It also collaboration among all system strengthen frameworks.
Language: Английский
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