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Seed Trade in Rural Markets: Implications for Crop Diversity and Agricultural Development

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Online Location
https://www.amazon.com/Seed-Trade-Rural-Markets-Implications-ebook/dp/B008FZ0NA4
Publication date
22/07/2009
Number of Pages
224
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Books
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Market-related
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk assessment
Commodity:
Crops
Author
Leslie Lipper, C. Leigh Anderson, Timothy J. Dalton
Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Seed Trade in Rural Markets presents a unique set of case studies from Bolivia, India, Kenya, Mali and Mexico on agricultural seed and product markets that describe three important market characteristics expected to affect farmers’ access to seeds and varieties: the range of varieties on offer, the information provided about them, and relative prices. The case studies – all based around a common framework to aid comparability – also provide information on social, agricultural and economic factors which may be affecting the market availability, information, and cost of crop genetic resources, and ultimately the capacity to stimulate agricultural development.