So far, the role of farmers in the formal seed sector has been limited to contractual
labour provision for seed multiplication. Of course, those who took part in PVS helped
to make decisions on the varieties to be disseminated by the formal seed sector. Rice
farmers play a role mainly in the informal seed sector. Various studies have shown
they have experience in seed and variety management (selection, use, production and
dissemination) to meet diverse objectives of food production (Louwaars 2007;