TY  - BOOK
ED  - Akpo, Essegbemon
ED  - Ojiewo, Chris O.
ED  - Kapran, Issoufou
ED  - Omoigui, Lucky O.
ED  - Diama, Agathe
ED  - Varshney, Rajeev K.
AB  - This open access book shares the experiences of Tropical Legumes III (TLIII) project in facilitating access to seed of improved legume varieties to smallholder farmers through innovation platforms. It highlights practices and guiding principles implemented in eight developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This book details key processes that respective teams employed to create an innovation space that delivers seed, other inputs, knowledge and financial services to agricultural communities and most importantly, the underserved farmers in remote areas of the drylands. It offers valuable insights into the pathway to establishing, promoting and operating innovation platforms to enhance the performance and competitiveness of legume crops’ value chains, and addresses critical issues that must be considered to make innovation platforms more sustainable and attractive to beneficiaries. The book offers a wealth of practical insights for development workers, technical staff, and project managers. This publication is all about TLIII community of practice. It will definitely inspire other development workers and scientists to share their own experiences for others to learn from.
DO  - 10.1007/978-981-15-8014-7
ID  - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20210113_9789811580147_5
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
KW  - Plant Anatomy/Development
KW  - Plant Genetics and Genomics
KW  - Plant Biotechnology
KW  - Plant Development
KW  - Plant Genetics
KW  - Open Access
KW  - Innovation processes
KW  - Multi-stakeholders
KW  - Legume value chain
KW  - Seed business
KW  - Rural livelihoods
KW  - Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
KW  - Agricultural science
KW  - Botany & plant sciences
KW  - Developmental biology
KW  - Genetics (non-medical)
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/5be64556-d9ba-456e-81e5-aa4c2f2cdb1f/2021_Book_EnhancingSmallholderFarmersAcc.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46099
PB  - Springer Nature
PY  - 2021
TI  - Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms : Learning from the TLIII project Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
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