Political and economic features of the maize seed industry in southern Africa

Agrekon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-127

  Kassie, G T ^a   Erenstein, O ^b   Mwangi, W ^c   MacRobert, J ^a   Setimela, P ^a   Shiferaw, B ^c  

^a CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Maize; Policy; Seed; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879206565     PISSN: 03031853     EISSN: 20780400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2013.798067     Document Type: Article

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