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Seed Regulation in the US

Table 2.2a Summary of organic seed system stakeholders’concerns, by category, based on a stakeholder

typology, 2007-2009 (n=74)

Stakeholder Stakeholder Level of Key Concerns (2007-2009)
Category
Type1
Inluence1
(Citation rate: number of respondents)

Organic Key
High
Lack of appropriate tools to regulate (n=8)
Certiiers Lack of knowledge on speciic varieties (n=7)

(n=8)
Reluctance to police the industry (n=5)
Costly addition to certiication process (n=4)

Small-Scale Primary
Fear of loss of genetic diversity (n=25)
Low
to High
Organic Seed availability (n=21)
Growers Seed quality (n=13)

(n=26)
Homogenization of the organic seed industry (n=11)
GMO Contamination (n=7)

Large-Scale Primary
Seed price (n=14)
Low
to High
Organic Seed availability (n=13)
Growers Seed quality (n=11)

(n=14)
Seed product form availability (various organic seed
treatments) (n=10)

Organic Food Intermediate
Lack of knowledge on speciic varieties (n=5) Low
Buyers
Reluctance to limit supply with narrowing varietal
(n=5)
choices (n=4)

More concerned with other farm inputs (fertilizers)
and grower compliance (n=4)

Formal Seed Primary
Varietal assortment (n=10)
Low
to High
Companies Proitability (n=8)

(n=10)
Loss of conventional seed sales (n=6)
Organic seed production capacity (n=5)
Organic seed quality (seed borne diseases) (n=5)

Non-Proit Intermediate
Lack of organic seed sourcing tools (n=4) Low
to High
Organizations Diversity (n=4)

(n=6)
Lack of organic breeding programs (n=4)
Reluctance to corporate control of process (n=3)
GMO contamination (n=2)

Growers not included in process (n=2)
Policy & Key
Seed availability and quality (n=5)
High

Legislative Appropriate allocation of roles and responsibilities for
Bodies enforcement (n=4)
(n=5)
Interpretive guidelines for enforcement (n=4)

Grower alienation (n=3)
Global organic seed and agriculture regulation (n=2)

Sources: Stakeholder Analysis (columns 1-3, 2007); content analysis of stakeholder interviews
(column 4, 2007-2009).

1Notes to Table 2.2a b: Stakeholder categorization (Jiggins and Collins, 2003)
Stakeholder Type
Deinition
Levels of Inluence

Primary Those who are directly afected, either positively or negatively
Low to High

Intermediate The intermediaries in the delivery or execution of research, Low to Intermediate
resource lows, and activities

Key
Those with the power to inluence or ‘kill’ activity
High

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