Social seed networks: Identifying central farmers for equitable seed access

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-121

  Ricciardi, Vincent ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Ghana; Informal seed system; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; EQUITY; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; FOOD SECURITY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POLLINATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEED; VULNERABILITY;

GHANA;

EID: 84937924373     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2015.07.002     Document Type: Article

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