TA-7996 REG: Innovative Financing for Agriculture and Food Value Chains - 1 Feasibility Study to Develop Seed Businesses - Value Chain Specialist

ADB is preparing a feasibility study to develop seed businesses that distribute quality seeds in 
Myanmar in order to improve productivity and income of a large number of smallholder farmers. While 
informal seed systems and public seed delivery programs remain dominant in many developing 
countries, private seed companies could play a much bigger role in supplying affordable quality 
seed of better-performing and locally-adapted varieties to smallholder farmers. The study is to 
analyze the feasibility of demand-based business development models to construct quality 
agricultural input value chains; estimate the scale of their potential development impacts on 
smallholder  farmers ; and identify potential exist strategies.