Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Promoting small seed packs to improve smallholder farmers’ access to quality seed

Smallholder farmers face a number of challenges accessing seed in the traditional size bags. ISSD Ethiopia and partners work on initiatives to promote more accessible small seed packs. The small pack approach allows farmers to get more access to new varieties, and to test them at low risk. A small pack also encourages farmers to test one or several varieties of same crop or different crops on offer.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectFarming Systems
PublisherISSD Ethopia
Publication year2020
RegionsAfrica
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://issdethiopiablog.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/promoting-small-seed-packs_final.pdf
KeywordsSeed management; Role of private sector; Value chain