Agrobiodiversity conservation under an imperfect seed system: The role of Community Seed Banking schemes

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-87

  Bezabih, Mintewab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Amemiya's GLS; Bootstrapping; Seed system imperfection

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONSERVATION; SEED BANK; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 37349109269     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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