African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security /

In most developing countries, good quality seed is hard to obtain and farmers struggle to save seed from one year to the next. This title takes a people-centred look at the companies, public agencies and family farms that are taking on this role and making a difference to food security across Africa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mele, Paul van, Bentley, Jeffery W. (Jeffery Westwood), 1955-, Guéi, Robert G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, MA : Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Africa Rice Center by arrangement with CAB International, 2011.
Temas:
Seed industry and trade > Africa > Case studies.
Seeds > Economic aspects > Africa.
Seeds > Africa > Marketing.
Food crops > Seeds > Africa.
Semences > Industrie > Afrique > Études de cas.
Semences > Aspect économique > Afrique.
Cultures vivrières > Semences > Afrique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Agricultural policy.
Case studies.
Constraints.
Enterprises.
Food crops.
Food security.
Seed industry.
Seeds.
Food crops > Seeds
Seed industry and trade
Seeds > Marketing
Africa
Case studies
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How Seed Works
  • Cameroon: Revolving Funds Make a Difference
  • Nigeria: Clustered Seed Companies
  • Mali: When Government Gives Entrepreneurs Room to Grow
  • Guinea: Networks that Work
  • The Gambia: Capturing the Media
  • Morocco: the Visible Hand
  • Kenya: a Company, a Cooperative and a Family
  • Uganda: Dreams of Starting a Company
  • Madagascar: Coping with Relief Aid and Politics.

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