“Seed storage is undertaken for several purposes and takes different forms, including long-term storage of breeder seed of certified varieties’, the maintenance of reserve stocks of seeds for staple food crops over several years, carry-over seedstocks between crop harvests and subsequent planting seasons, and seed stocks to meet short-term sales requirements”

References

Jaffee, S., Srivastava, J., 1992. Seed system development: the appropriate roles of the private and public sectors, World Bank discussion papers. World Bank, Washington, D.C.