The role of informal farmer-to-farmer seed distribution in diffusion of new barley varieties in Syria

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-431

  Aw Hassan, Aden ^a   Mazid, Ahmed ^a   Salahieh, Hisham ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

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EID: 45749156012     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001447970800642X     Document Type: Article

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