Introduction: A full granary

African Seed Enterprises: Sowing the Seeds of Food Security

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-7

  Guéi, Robert G ^a   Bentley, Jeffery W ^b   Mele, Paul Van ^c  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b Agro Insight ^*

^c AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

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EID: 84890170850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1079/9781845938437.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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