Improving potato seed tuber quality and producers' livelihoods in Hararghe, eastern Ethiopia

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 31-56

  Mulatu, Eshetu ^a   Ibrahim, Osman E ^b   Bekele, Etenesh ^b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b C/O FAO Ethiopia ^*  (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Community based seed enterprise; Eastern Ethiopia; Hararghe; Local seed tuber supply; Market preference; Potato; Seed tuber quality; Smallholder farmers' livelihoods

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SOMALIA;

EID: 30844435291     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J153v07n03_03     Document Type: Article

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