Maize varietal turnover in eastern Africa: Current challenges and future research directions
• Review: why do new varieties in SSA not reach scale despite liberalization. • Seed cos, agrodealers have little incentive to promote new varieties. • Disincentives include high marketing cost, uncertain demand and brand loyalty. • Maize farmers are (semi)-subsistence, need vars with prod. and consumption traits. • Benefits of new varieties under farmers conditions are not well-documented.
Authors
- Moti Jaleta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3151-4018)
- Mercy Mbugua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1010-0932)
- Sarah Kariuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4691-2657)
- Michael Ndegwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6751-8259)
- Hugo De Groote (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5081-0189)
- Walter Chivasa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0704-8096)
Institutions
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (ET)
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (KE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Global Food Security
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100888
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.66