The Experience of Winrock International with Seed Multiplication in West Africa through On-farm Seed Project and On-farm Productivity Enhancement Program

摘要

The focus of seed production in Senegal has primarily been on groundnut, which is the traditional main cash crop. In contrast, other crops have received limited attention and funding. As a consequence of the "Economic Recovery Program", a new agricultural policy calling for a reduced role of the government in the seed production systems was developed. Owing to this new policy requirement, the role of the Directorate of Seed Production and Control (DPCS) should accordingly be limited to quality control only. Although privatisation is needed in the area of agricultural input marketing, it remains to be seen whether the private sector alone has what it takes to replace the government that had hitherto played this role. The net implication here is thatfarmers increasingly must take a greater responsibility in assuring for their own input supply, including seeds.