Opening up seed markets to integration can increase the regulatory burden if the market is already strictly regulated for quality and variety. This is the case for maize and tubers (especially Irish Potatoes) in Zimbabwe. Integrated seed markets involves promoting both formal and informal systems of availing seed. Calls for interrogation are premised on the fact that access to seed for smallholder farmers in remote areas is difficulty and often not timely. This is one maker cause of low productivity. However, critics often associate integration with promoting infomalization. My worry is the regulatory burden that comes with integration.
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