Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions

Food Policy

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-50

  Coomes, Oliver T ^a   McGuire, Shawn J ^b   Garine, Eric ^c   Caillon, Sophie ^d   McKey, Doyle ^d,e   Demeulenaere, Elise ^f   Jarvis, Devra ^g   Aistara, Guntra ^h,i   Barnaud, Adeline ^j   Clouvel, Pascal ^k   Emperaire, Laure ^l   Louafi, Sélim ^m   Martin, Pierre ^k,n   Massol, François ^o   Pautasso, Marco ^p,q,r   Violon, Chloé ^c   Wencélius, Jean ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Laboratoire d Ethnologie et de Sociologie Comparative   (France)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^g BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^h CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

ⁱ Yale's Agrarian Studies Program   (United States)

^j INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^k CIRAD   (France)

^l INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^m UMR AGAP   (France)

ⁿ UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^o Univ Lille   (France)

^p Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

^q ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^r EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Crop genetic resource management; Farmer seed systems; Informal seed sector; Planting material circulation; Seed supply; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD POLICY; GENETIC RESOURCE; INFORMAL SECTOR; SEED PRODUCTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AFRICA; EUROPE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84939122724     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.07.008     Document Type: Article

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