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African seed enterprises [electronic resource] : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. Bentley, Robert G. Guéi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seed industry and trade--Africa--Case studies.
- Seed industry and trade.
- Seeds--Economic aspects--Africa.
- Seeds.
- Seeds--Africa--Marketing.
- Food crops--Seeds--Africa.
- Food crops.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Africa Rice Center by arrangement with CAB International, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In most developing countries, good quality seed is hard to obtain and farmers struggle to save seed from one year to the next. In many areas, farmers have come to rely on seed enterprises that multiply, store and distribute seed. ""African Seed Enterprises"" 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. Case studies are arranged by country, and each chapter includes a profile of the agricultural and policy environment that surrounds these enterprises and affects their developme
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction to this Book; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Boxes; 1 Introduction: a Full Granary; 2 How Seed Works; 3 Cameroon: Revolving Funds Make a Difference; 4 Nigeria: Clustered Seed Companies; 5 Mali: When Government Gives Entrepreneurs Room to Grow; 6 Guinea: Networks that Work; 7 The Gambia: Capturing the Media; 8 Morocco: the Visible Hand; 9 Kenya: a Company, a Cooperative and a Family; 10 Uganda: Dreams of Starting a Company; 11 Madagascar: Coping with Relief Aid and Politics; 12 Conclusions; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Glossary of Terms
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-15580-X
- 9786613155801
- 1-84593-844-5
- OCLC:
- 742413679
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