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Rubyogo, Jean-ClaudeSperling, L.Assefa, T.[A new approach for facilitating farmers´ access to bean seed]A new approach for facilitating farmers´ access to bean seed
Autor: Sperling, L.

This article reviews the effectiveness of seed–aid distributions in Kenya during the 1990s. It analyses the internal process and effects, i.e. the performance of the aid itself as well as the external process and effects, i.e. how seed–aid intervention affected farmers’ broader agricultural manag...


Sperling, L.[Emergency seed aid in Kenya: some case study insights on lessons learned during the 1990s]Emergency seed aid in Kenya: some case study insights on lessons learned during the 1990s

Sperling, L.Ashby, J.A.Weltzien, EvaSmith, M.E.McGrath, S.[Base-broadening for client-oriented impact: insights drawn from participatory plant breeding field experience]Base-broadening for client-oriented impact: insights drawn from participatory plant breeding field experience

Rubyogo, Jean-ClaudeSperling, L.Muthoni, RachelBuruchara, Robin A.[The power of partnerships: accelerating bean seed production and delivery with and among African farmers]The power of partnerships: accelerating bean seed production and delivery with and among African farmers

Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) involves scientists, farmers, and others, such as consumers, extensionists, vendors, industry, and rural cooperatives in plant breeding research. It is termed `participatory' because many actors, and especially the users, can have a research role in all major st...


Sperling, L.Ashby, J.A.Smith, M.E.Weltzien, EvaMcGrath, S.[A framework for analyzing participatory plant breeding approaches and results]A framework for analyzing participatory plant breeding approaches and results

New bean varieties translate into increased on-farm yields only if farmers obtain access to desired seed. Conventional models of legume seed delivery in Africa, centralized with the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS), prove to be slow and of limited reach. This article describes a nove...


Rubyogo, Jean-ClaudeSperling, L.Muthoni Andriatsitohaina, RachelBuruchara, Robin A.[Bean seed delivery for small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: the power of partnerships]Bean seed delivery for small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa: the power of partnerships
Autor: Sperling, L.

The Rwandan civil war escalated in 1994, killing 800 000 people and displacing another 2 million. Agriculture, the occupation of over 90% of the Rwandans was acutely affected as violence peaked in the middle of the growing season. This article analyses the effects of the war on bean varietal dive...


Sperling, L.[The effect of the civil war on Rwanda's bean seed systems and unusual bean diversity]The effect of the civil war on Rwanda's bean seed systems and unusual bean diversity

Rubyogo, Jean-ClaudeSperling, L.Karanja, D.R.Seward, PDLeakey, L[Public-private sector partnerships : The power of small seed packs for reaching 100,000s of kenyan bean farmers]Public-private sector partnerships : The power of small seed packs for reaching 100,000s of kenyan bean farmers

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