African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. Bentley, Robert G. Guéi.

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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Other Authors: Mele, Paul van, Bentley, Jeffery W. (Jeffery Westwood), 1955-, Guéi, Robert G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.
Subjects:
Seed industry and trade > Africa > Case studies.
Seeds > Economic aspects > Africa.
Seeds > Africa > Marketing.
Food crops > Seeds > Africa.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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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