The need to restore native vegetation is clear, but we can’t properly repair nature without good, diverse supplies of native seeds.
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More than 90% of Africa’ small-scale famers get their seeds from informal systems. Governments and donors should shift their attention from the formal and invest more in the informal sector.
The seed industry in sub-Saharan Africa suffers from many challenges. India, which has one of the biggest seed markets in the world, offers some lessons on how these challenges could be overcome.
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Senior Lecturer in Natural Resources and Development, University of East Anglia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, Aarhus University
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University