Emergency seed aid in Kenya: Some case study insights on lessons learned during the 1990s

Disasters

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-342

  Sperling, Louise ^a  

^a International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drought; Kenya; Seed aid; Seed insecurity (acute and chronic)

Indexed keywords

AID FLOW; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FOOD AID; SEED;

KENYA;

EID: 0036915497     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7717.00210     Document Type: Article

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