Malawi Seed Industry Development Project (MSIDP) - Phase 2
Resource ID
12776
Access
Open
Contributed by
B.Muralidhar
Topics
Policy & Institutions, Seed systems
Crops
Grain legumes, Groundnut, Pigeonpea
Systems
Farming Systems, Cropping Systems, Livelihood Systems
Locations
Eastern and Southern Africa
Global Date
01 Apr 16
Title
Malawi Seed Industry Development Project (MSIDP) - Phase 2
Keywords
Seed systems, Market Access & Value Chains Policy & Institutions,seed industry
Project Code
YIRL03
Description
The purpose of this project is to improve legume and cereal seed systems and complementary agricultural innovations to catalyse productivity improvement and associated social benefits of improved food, nutrition and income security to smallholder farmers. The project will scale up production and delivery of improved innovations of common bean, groundnut, pigeonpea, sorghum, millet and rice. The project targets to reach 100,000 households.
Phase-I: The Malawi Seed Industry Development Project was designed to support the work of the Eastern and Southern Africa Seed Alliance (ESASA) in Malawi. The goal of ESASA is to increase smallholder yields and incomes through the competitive and reliable provision of high quality affordable seed to smallholder farmers. This particular project within ESASA will expand the production of both improved as well as foundation seed of beans, groundnut, pigeonpea and rice. It will also facilitate the production of certified seed by the National Smallholder Farmers; Association of Malawi (NASFAM) that will be made available to the Malawi Input Subsidy Program (ISP) in 2010 through the seed traders association of Malawi (STAM) network. To increase the number of seed companies in the country, the project will identify and support selected agro-dealers interested in marketing improved high-quality seed.
Duration of project, project report or dataset - from (date)
2016-08-01
Duration of project, project report or dataset - to (date)
2020-03-31
Project Type
Completed Project
Author/Key contact
Dr Patrick Okori (P.Okori@cgiar.org)
Donor
Government department -national- state or local, Irish Aid-Ireland
Donor Type
Government department -national- state or local
Donor Country
Ireland
Project Contact Email
m.siambi@cgiar.org
ICRISAT Research Programs
Grain Legumes
New ICRISAT Research Programs
Eastern & Southern Africa Program, Theme: Crop improvement and seed systems
CGIAR Research Program
Grain Legumes
