“Lead farmers” by Find Your Feet is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Market Intelligence Bulletin, Volume 1) Agnes Gitonga, Sika Gbegbelegbe, Dean Muungani In a crop breeding context, a seed product market segment (SPMS) describes a group of farmers with similar requirements for seed products based on how the crop is used, where it is grown, and how it is
(Market Intelligence Bulletin, Volume 1) Pieter Rutsaert Tanzania is the second largest producer of groundnuts in East Africa, following Sudan, with an annual production of roughly 700 000 MT. Teams from Market Intelligence, Accelerated Breeding and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) are working with the Tanzania Groundnut Product Design Team (PDT)—a team whose members represent the groundnut value chain, from
(Market Intelligence Bulletin, Volume 1) Matty Demont, Bert Lenaerts, Neale Paguirigan Are you a breeder looking for market intelligence or an investor trying to allocate funding to crops and regions based on evidence? The Global Market Intelligence Platform (GloMIP) can now be publicly accessed to provide you with relevant market intelligence to support your breeding programs or investment decisions. GloMIP
“Online Survey” by Got Credit is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Market Intelligence Bulletin, Volume 1) Berber Kramer, Carly Trachtman, Brendan Rice, Val Pede Market Intelligence Work Package 5: Institutional Scaling and MELIA aims to generate evidence on the costs, benefits, and comparative effectiveness of a transdisciplinary approach to market intelligence-driven breeding, seed systems, and investment prioritization. As a first
“Working in the rice field – Vietnam” by fotopamas is licensed under CC BY 2.0 (Market Intelligence Bulletin, Volume 1) Claire Custodio, Matty Demont Market intelligence on a staple crop such as rice is not scarce, but for it to be useful for breeders, it needs to be synthesized. We conducted the first global scan of farmer and consumer preference
Roots, tubers, and bananas (RTB) are vital food sources for over 3 billion people in Africa, offering high calorie yields per hectare and essential nutrients. More resilient to drought than other crops, RTB are crucial for poverty alleviation. Often cultivated by women, they have diverse applications, spanning from food processing and industrial use to animal feed. But the vegetative propagation of RTB
In the quest for agricultural productivity and food security, Nigeria has made significant strides in expanding the production and distribution of certified seeds for crops like maize, rice, and, to some extent, cowpea. However, a recent study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), conducted under the CGIAR Seed Equal Initiative,
The CGIAR Seed Equal Initiative under Work Package 6 on scaling equitable access to quality seed, led by Ranjitha Puskur, partnered with The Africa Seed Access Index (TASAI Inc.) and convened a 3-day stakeholder validation workshop to present and receive feedback on the proposed set of indicators and data collection tools for measuring inclusive access to seeds. Organized from May