African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. B...
African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. B...
African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. Bentley, Robert G. Guéi.
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Publisher
Rome ; Oxfordshire, UK : Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Africa Rice Center by arrangement with CAB International, 2011.
Date
2011.
Call Numbers
N338.17096/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xviii, 236 p. : ill. (col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction: a Full Granary / Paul Van Mele -- 1.1.Why We Study Success Stories -- 1.2.The Issues -- 1.3.Case Studies in Brazil, India and Cote d'lvoire -- 1.4.Method -- 1.5.How the Book is Organized -- 1.6.Audience -- 2.How Seed Works / J. David Reece -- 2.1.Form...
Contents note continued: 4.8.Maslaha Seeds Nigeria -- 4.9.Challenges and Strengths of the Seed Enterprises -- 5.Mali: When Government Gives Entrepreneurs Room to Grow / Kirsten vom Brocke -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Faso Kaba -- 5.3.Niegue Farm -- 5.4.Nipagnon Cooperative -- 5.5.COPROSEM -- 5.6.Pearl...
Contents note continued: 8.2.The SONACOS Seed Enterprise -- 8.3.Challenges and Strengths -- 9.Kenya: a Company, a Cooperative and a Family / John Mukalama -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Western Seed Company -- 9.3.Mumias District Federation of Soybean Producers -- 9.4.Sungus Seed Potato Enterprise -- 9....
Contents note continued: 12.1.There is Life After Structural Adjustment -- 12.2.Overview of the Book -- 12.3.Unique Challenges of Four Crop Types -- 12.4.Business Models -- 12.5.What Makes Seed Enterprises Tick -- 12.6.How to Encourage Seed Enterprises -- 12.7.Conclusions.
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Publisher
Rome ; Oxfordshire, UK : Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Africa Rice Center by arrangement with CAB International, 2011.
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
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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Full title
African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. Bentley, Robert G. Guéi.
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Sowing the seeds of food security.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N338.17096/1
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74VvG5vPM8VA
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ISBN
9789251066874 (fao pbk. : alk. paper)
9781845938437 (alk. paper)
9781845938635 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
338.17
338.17096
MMS ID
991012773549702626
