Methodologies for strengthening informal indigenous vegetable seed systems in northern Thailand and Cambodia

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 958, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-74

  Bicksler, A ^a   Bates, R ^b   Burnette, R ^c   Gill, T ^b   Meitzner Yoder, L ^a   Ricciardi, V ^c   Srigiofun, Y ^d  

^a International Sustainable Development Studies Institute   (Thailand)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ECHO Asia Impact Center   (Thailand)

^d MAEJO UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Germplasm conservation; Preservation; Seed systems; Seed viability; Seedbank; Value chain; Village surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870720867     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2012.958.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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