Setting a Seed Industry in Motion

Setting a Seed Industry in Motion
Author: Adriel Edgardo Garay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1989
Genre: Seed industry and trade
ISBN:

Download Setting a Seed Industry in Motion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Initial status of the seed supply system in Bolivia; Earle experiences; Evolution of a development model; Key services aimed at reducing barriers; Seed enterprise development; Institutional evolution; Progress achieved and its impact.

Seed Production by Smallholder Farmers

Seed Production by Smallholder Farmers
Author: J. Hanson
Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789290532880

Download Seed Production by Smallholder Farmers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Easing Barriers to Movement of Plant Varieties for Agricultural Development

Easing Barriers to Movement of Plant Varieties for Agricultural Development
Author: David Gisselquist
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780821339916

Download Easing Barriers to Movement of Plant Varieties for Agricultural Development Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

World Bank Technical Paper No. 364. The trade policies of the countries of the Andean Group--Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela--are in the midst of rapid change, particularly in agriculture, where trade policies are being overhauled and trade rules rewritten on domestic, regional, and global levels. This paper highlights the trade options open to each country by looking at agricultural policy in light of general trade policy. The report also discusses the particular role the Andean Group is playing and how the trade pact may influence the liberalization of agricultural markets.

Maize Seed Industries in Developing Countries

Maize Seed Industries in Developing Countries
Author: Michael L. Morris
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781555877903

Download Maize Seed Industries in Developing Countries Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Divided into four parts, this volume first lays out the importance of maize seed industries and presents a conceptual framework. The second section describes the key products and processes associated with maize seed industries, including varietal development, marketing, and industrial regulation. The third section offers nine country case studies, while the fourth part discusses the likely future course of seed industry development and alternative organizational forms. Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Seed Policy and Programmes for Sub-Saharan Africa

Seed Policy and Programmes for Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251043233

Download Seed Policy and Programmes for Sub-Saharan Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

One of the major challenges facing most countries in sub-Saharan Africa is the need to invest significant resources into strengthening their capacity to increase the availability of good-quality seeds of a wider range of plant varieties. This publication presents the proceedings of the Regional Technical Meeting on Seed Policy and Programmes for sub-Saharan Africa.

Systems and Farmer Participatory Research

Systems and Farmer Participatory Research
Author: Sam Fujisaka
Publisher: CIAT
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1999
Genre: Agricultural systems
ISBN: 9586940098

Download Systems and Farmer Participatory Research Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Toward a new institutional model of farmer participation in research on natural resource management and germplasm improvement; Developing a natural resource management technology for a specific agroenvironment: Mucuna-maize rotation on the hillsides of northern honduras; Land use systems and dynamics in Pucallpa, Peru; Strategic systems research for the Latin American Savannas; Developing improved pasture systems for forest margins; Adapting participatory research methods for developing integrated crop management for cassava-based systems Northeast Brazil; Soil conservation strategies that take into account farmer perspectives; Developing sustainable cassava production systems with farmers in Asia; Developing forage tecnologies with smallholders in East Kalimantan, Indonesia; Farmer's independent experimentation with green manure and/or cover crops: A component of participatory research for improving Ugandan Farming Systems; Designing sustainable, commercial, farmer seed production systems in Africa: Case studies From Uganda; Institucional Innovation as an entry for system-level technological change; Participatory sysems research toward the future.

Best Practices for Moving Seed Technology

Best Practices for Moving Seed Technology
Author: Jitendra Srivastava
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1993
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Download Best Practices for Moving Seed Technology Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle