Seed systems smallholder farmers use

Food Security

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 179-195

  McGuire, Shawn ^a   Sperling, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Catholic Relief Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to seed; Agricultural investment; Delivery; Informal and formal seed sectors; Markets; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CAPITAL MARKET; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; INFORMAL SECTOR; INVESTMENT; SEED; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA;

EID: 84959127192     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0528-8     Document Type: Article

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