| dc.creator | Silva Hinojosa, A. | |
| dc.creator | Prasanna, B.M. | |
| dc.creator | Davis, N. | |
| dc.date | 2023-02-13T20:28:32Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-02-13T20:28:32Z | |
| dc.date | 2022 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-17T20:10:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-17T20:10:22Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10883/22517 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7514260 | |
| dc.description | Towards the end of 2010, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) promoted the formation of a public-private partnership in Mexico that linked the main maize research and improvement centers (such as CIMMYT, INIFAP, Chapingo Autonomous University, among others), with the private seed production and marketing sector. Dubbed the Maize Seed Consortium, one of its main objectives was to evaluate, develop and/or deploy new high-yielding maize hybrids for distribution to maize grain producers, and at the same time contribute to the strengthening and diversification of the seed sector in Mexico. However, despite having had access to improved germplasm from research institutions such as CIMMYT, and having adopted new competitive hybrids, significant scope still remains to improve rainfed maize yields in Mexico. This document seeks to describe the strengths and limitations of Latin American small- and medium-sized seed enterprises (“seed SMEs”), with a particular focus on Mexican companies that colaborated with CIMMYT between 2011 and 2021, by studying a representative sample consisting of 10 companies whose marketing data and product portfolio were analyzed in depth. The study serves as the basis for recommending actionsthat can further strengthen the Latin American seed sector, and interventions that are required to overcome its present weaknesses. As appropriate, these findings and recommendations can be extrapolated and applied to other Latin American SMEs such as those in Central America, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Colombia, for which information is also included. | |
| dc.description | 20 pages | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.publisher | CIMMYT | |
| dc.relation | Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs | |
| dc.relation | Seed Equal | |
| dc.relation | Genetic Innovation | |
| dc.relation | CGIAR Trust Fund | |
| dc.relation | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128763 | |
| dc.rights | CIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.subject | AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY | |
| dc.subject | MAIZE | |
| dc.subject | SEED PRODUCTION | |
| dc.subject | SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES | |
| dc.subject | HYBRIDS | |
| dc.subject | MARKETING | |
| dc.subject | Maize | |
| dc.title | Strengths and limitations of small and medium-sized maize seed companies in Latin America | |
| dc.type | Report | |
| dc.type | Published Version | |
| dc.coverage | Latin America | |
| dc.coverage | Mexico | |
