Making seed systems more resilient to stress

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 644-653

  McGuire, Shawn ^a   Sperling, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b International Center for Tropical Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic stress; Disasters; Informal seed systems; Local markets; Resilience; Seed System Security Assessment (SSSA)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD SECURITY; RESILIENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

HAITI; KENYA; SUDAN;

EID: 84877086832     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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