This brief summarizes the key findings of the TASAI study conducted in 2018 to appraise the structure and economic performance of Mali’s seed sector. The study evaluates the enabling environment necessary to build a vibrant formal seed sector, focusing on five food crops important to food security in Mali – maize, rice, sorghum, cowpea and cassava – the cultivation of which covers about 34% of the country’s arable land. Cassava, though a vegetatively-propagated crop, is included with a focus on its nutrition-enhanced characteristics. It is important to note that, while included in the study, not all TASAI indicators are applicable to cassava, as these have been developed for the study of seed-propagated crops. As such, the findings discussed in this brief in general apply to the four main seed-propagated crops; when the findings concern cassava, this will be indicated.
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