Enhancing farmers access to quality planting materials through community-based seed and seedling systems: Experiences from the western highlands of cameroon

Middle East Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 455-463

  Bertin, Takoutsing ^a   Ann, Degrande ^a   Zacharie, Tchoundjeu ^a   Ebenezar, Asaah ^a   Alain, Tsobeng ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Community based; Germplasm; Planting material; Quality seeds; Rural resource centre

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870833480     PISSN: 19909233     EISSN: 19998147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2012.12.4.1625     Document Type: Article

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