Village-based tropical pasture seed production in Thailand and Laos – a success story

摘要: Seed of 6 forage species, Mulato II hybrid brachiaria ( Brachiaria ruziziensis x B. decumbens brizantha ), Cayman Mombasa guinea Panicum maximum Tanzania P. Ubon stylo Stylosanthes guianensis var. vulgaris pauciflora ) and paspalum Paspalum atratum is currently being produced by more than 1,000 smallholder farmers in villages northeast Thailand northern Laos, under contract to Forage Seeds, Faculty Agriculture, Ratchathani University, Thailand. The seed mainly exported (95%), with the remainder sold within Tropical Seeds LLC, a subsidiary Mexican company, Grupo Papalotla, employs manage production, sales export, conduct research on new species. This paper details how development smallholder-farmer seed-production program Laos positive social economic outcomes for village seed-growers. In addition, strong emphasis quality, high purity, vigor germination enabled pasture growers 20 tropical countries Asia, Africa, Pacific Central South America, establish 20,000 ha pastures over past 3 years.