
Seed Trade in Rural Markets
Markets have been found to be an increasingly important source of the seeds of crops and varieties low income farmers need to improve their livelihoods, encompassing both the formal and informal seed sector. Markets also have major impacts on agricultural biodiversity, by affecting farmers'' choice of crops and varieties to grow. They are not, however, a homogenous institution, although all too fr...
Markets have been found to be an increasingly important source of the seeds of crops and varieties low income farmers need to improve their livelihoods, encompassing both the formal and informal seed sector. Markets also have major impacts on agricultural biodiversity, by affecting farmers'' choice of crops and varieties to grow. They are not, however, a homogenous institution, although all too fr...