Seed exchange networks, ethnicity, and sorghum diversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 98-103

  Labeyrie, Vanesse ^a   Thomas, Mathieu ^b,c   Muthamia, Zachary K ^d   Leclerc, Christian ^a  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

^d KENYA AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Crop diversity dynamics; Exponential random graph models; Local seed systems; Social networks analysis; Social organization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KENYA; LINGUISTICS; PLANT SEED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SORGHUM;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FARMERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; KENYA; LINGUISTICS; SEEDS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SORGHUM;

EID: 84953204819     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1513238112     Document Type: Article

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