Iowa State
researchers build tool to help sub-Saharan African seed companies
AMES, Iowa
-- The United Nations humanitarian office reports that there's been a more than
20 percent increase in the number of people needing international aid since the
start of the year, fueled mainly by hunger in sub-Saharan Africa. But thanks to
Iowa State University researchers, there may be more small-scale commercial
seed companies to assist in crop production to better feed those starving
nations.
Working in
harmony with the Iowa State University Seed Science Center, Bobby Martens, an
assistant professor of supply chain management; and Kevin Scheibe, an associate
professor of management information systems, developed a decision support
system (DSS) to help African seed entrepreneurs make informed decisions about
starting small-scale seed chain businesses.
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