Benefit cost analysis helps assess the cost efficiency of a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project in Ethiopia during project implementation and arising from a single harvest.Read More

Evidence from Seed System Security Assessments (SSSAs) done in different contexts in Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Haiti, and Kenya shows that seed systems are relatively resilient to short-term crises. Various measures (including eight principles and 15 practical recommendations) are needed to strengthen formal and informal seed systems over the medium to long term to make them...Read More

Home garden programs are frequently used by households for surplus income generation and have a positive impact on household nutrition. Key factors for designing, implementing, and monitoring vegetable seed responses include assessing appropriateness of vegetable seed intervention in the project locations, seed systems assessment, designing the assistance package, and developing the right kind of indicators.Read More

The authors analyzed 10 case studies from interventions with a supply-side focus in eight countries (Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia) using the seed security conceptual framework parameters of seed access, availability, and seed quality. They added “information” to these parameters and conclude that much more documentation of...Read More

The article examines a series of practical actions for matching the type of the response more closely to the actual seed security problem.Read More