Determinants of millet diversity at the household-farm and village-community levels in the drylands of India: The role of local seed systems

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-167

  Nagarajan, Latha ^a   Smale, Melinda ^a   Glewwe, Paul ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Drylands; Household farm; Local markets; Millet diversity; Seed systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; BIODIVERSITY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; DRYLAND FARMING; FAMILY FARM; MILLET; SEED SET; SEMIARID REGION;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847028825     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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