Global programs / Scaling seeds and technologies partnership (SSTP)
This report presents the findings of a study to analyze seed value chains by specific market, crop, and economic dimensions. DEC abstract (PB-AAK-973)
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33 facts shown; 1 unconfirmed link; 1 support mechanism (not programs) 1 data error; 8 documents cite this program.
The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.
This report presents the findings of a study to analyze seed value chains by specific market, crop, and economic dimensions. Applying this methodology leads to identifying the actors and actions along the seed value chain that are required to produce adequate early generation seed (EGS) on a sustainable basis. Existing seed systems through which farmers access seed in Malawi are first described, and then both supply and demand constraints for EGS examined. Four crops were studied - common beans, hybrid maize, rice and soybean - and recommendations made on coordinated EGS production using the current structures, revitalization of the Seed Services Unit human resource capacity building and improvement of infrastructure, enactment of the new Seed Act to enable the implementation of breeders’ rights and farmers rights’, capacity building of seed producers and all relevant stakeholders, careful domestication of the SADC seed harmonization program, national variety testing center, enhancement of the national extension system, and a national framework to project potential demand for seed for each year. The Malawi study the same methodology that was applied in a total of 11 countri
Source: DEC abstract, PB-AAK-973 (2017). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.
Operated in: Africa South of Sahara, Mozambique, Malawi, East Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, Ethiopia.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: district, region or province; squares are facilities.
Showing 8 of 10 places.
Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule
Scope: global. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. Low confidence.
How sure we are: 0.5.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year
Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records
Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) | implementer | 2016 to 2017 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and The Rutgers University Feed the Future Policy Research Consortium | implementer | 2017 | Stated in a document |
Contracts and vehicles that served this program (evaluation, M&E, research). Never counted as programs. Source: document metadata
A support mechanism is never counted as a program.
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Agriculture: research, extension, training, technology 52%; Agriculture: crop production, inputs, pests, irrigation 31%; Economic opportunity (microenterprise, jobs, skills, poverty reduction) 7%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets
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Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents
| Title | Year | Document | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-term performance evaluation of the scaling seeds and technologies partnership in Africa | 2017 | PA-00N-5FH | evaluation-stage document (eval midterm, weak classifier) |
| Mid-term performance evaluation of the scaling seeds and technologies partnership (SSTP) in Africa : wave two survey report : smallholder farmers’ adoption of improved seeds in program areas | 2019 | PA-00T-S5T | evaluation-stage document (eval midterm, weak classifier) |
Not recorded yet: money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.
Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library
| 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| data error: fact without evidence Feed the future program evaluation for effectiveness and learning (PEEL) | |||
None recorded for this program. A counterpart appears only when a document names the government body and its role.
| 2017 to 2019 |
| Stated in a document |
| 2 sources |
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Food Security | 2016 to 2017 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| USAID. Bur. for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) | 2017 to 2019 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
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