Securing access to seed: Social relations and sorghum seed exchange in Eastern Ethiopia

Human Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-229

  McGuire, Shawn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency seed aid; Ethiopia; Mutual aid; Resource access; Seed systems; Social networks; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROECOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SORGHUM;

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

EID: 41049110621     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-007-9143-4     Document Type: Article

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