African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. Bentley, Robert G. Guei.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Africa Rice Center by arrangement with CAB International, 2011Description: xviii, 236 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9781845938437; 1845938437; 9781845938635; 1845938631; 9789251066874; 9251066876Other title: Sowing the seeds of food securitySubject(s): Seed industry and trade -- Africa -- Case studies | Seeds -- Economic aspects -- Africa | Seeds -- Africa -- Marketing | Food crops -- Seeds -- Africa | Saatgut | Saatgutmarkt | Food crops -- Seeds | Seed industry and trade | Seeds -- Marketing | Afrika | AfricaGenre/Form: Case studies.DDC classification: 631.521096 LOC classification: HD9019.S432 | A353 2011Other classification: RS 10666 Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : a full granary / Robert G. Gu�ei, Jeffery W. Bentley, and Paul Van Mele -- How seed works / Jeffery W. Bentley, Paul Van Mele, and David J. Reece -- Cameroon : revolving funds make a difference / Drissa Silu�e, Abdoulaye Barra, and Robert G. Gu�ei -- Nigeria : clustered seed companies / Jeffery W. Bentley, Olupomi Ajayi, and Kehinde Adelugba -- Mali : when government gives entrepreneurs room to grow / Daniel N. Dalohoun [and others] -- Guinea : networks that work / Florent Okry [and others] -- The Gambia : capturing the media / J. David Reece [and others] -- Morocco : the visible hand / Abderrahmane Lyamani, Drissa Silu�e, and Robert G. Gu�ei -- Kenya : a company, a cooperative, and a family / Michael Misiko [and others] -- Uganda : dreams of starting a company / Paul Van Mele [and others] -- Madagascar : coping with relief aid and politics / Paul Van Mele [and others] -- Conclusions / Jeffery W. Bentley, Paul Van Mele, and Robert G. Gu�ei.
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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