From farmer participation to pro-poor seed markets: The political economy of commercial cereal seed networks in Ghana

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 48-58

  Amanor, Kojo Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGROINDUSTRY; GREEN REVOLUTION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SEED PRODUCTION;

GHANA;

EID: 79959739207     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: 17595436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2011.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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