Impacts of Seed Clubs in Ensuring Local Seed Systems in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 840-854

  Tin, Huynh Quang ^a   Cuc, Nguyen Hong ^a   Be, Tran Thanh ^a   Ignacio, Normita ^b   Berg, Trygve ^c  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b SEARICE Association Inc   (Philippines)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

formal seed system; Mekong Delta; rice seed (Oryza sativa); seed club; socialization of seed production

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84858969780     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2011.611746     Document Type: Article

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