African seed enterprises : sowing the seeds of food security / edited by Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. Bentley, Robert G. Guéi.

Cambridge, MA : Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Africa Rice Center by arrangement with CAB International, c2011.

xviii, 236 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

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.

English

October 21, 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index.