Understanding and strengthening informal seed markets

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-136

  Sperling, Louise ^a   McGuire, Shawn ^b  

^a International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949771959     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479709991074     Document Type: Article

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