Supply of Improved Rice Seed in Eastern Uganda: The Gap and Required Investment

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dc.contributor.authorOdokonyero, Tonny
dc.contributor.authorBarungi, Mildred
dc.contributor.authorMbowa, Swaibu
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-21T10:17:46Z
dc.date.available2021-12-21T10:17:46Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis brief explains the challenges limiting use of improved rice seed in three Eastern Uganda major rice growing districts. Insufficient supply of improved seed is a core constraint to intensification in rice production. There are only four rice seed producers in the three study districts, which renders rice seed to be the hardest input to access by farmers compared to fertilizer, herbicides, and fungicides. Rice seed inaccessibility is further compounded by producers having contractual obligations with external seed companies. The volume of seed required by farmers exceeds the supply capabilities of the four seed producers, creating a gap in the rice seed supply chain. Furthermore, the seed producers rarely multiply the varieties grown by farmers, but rather those demanded by seed companies outside the region. The estimated seed supply gap is about 90 percent of what farmers would require. Therefore, in order to meet local farmer’s requirement for improved rice seed, at least 40 new seed production enterprises should be established and this is estimated to cost slightly over one billion Uganda shillings (US $ 300,000).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/892
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEconomic Policy Research Centreen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;71
dc.titleSupply of Improved Rice Seed in Eastern Uganda: The Gap and Required Investmenten_US
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