African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. Bentley, Robert G. Guéi
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
1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
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
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
