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Seeds for African peasants: peasants' needs and agricultural research - the case of Zimbabwe
The Nordic Africa Institute.
1995 (English)Book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The book provides a comprehensive discussion about the role of agricultural seed in sustainable peasant agriculture and concludes by presenting new principles for sustainable poverty-oriented plant breeding.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala; Copenhagen: Nordic Africa Institute; Centre for Development Research , 1995. , p. 228
Series
Publications from the Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen, ISSN 0348-5676 ; 9
Keywords [en]
Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Agriculture, Plant breeding, Seeds, Farming systems, Agricultural policy, Economic and social development, Sustainable development, Agricultural development, Agricultural research, Maps
National Category
Agricultural Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-30ISBN: 91-7106-365-X (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nai-30DiVA, id: diva2:232817
Note

Contents: 1. The peasant debate -- 2. The role of seed in the process of commodification -- 3. Plant breeding and agricultural development -- 4. Agricultural in Zimbabwe -- 5. Introduction to Silobela communal area -- 6. Economic and social development -- 7. Farming system analysis -- 8. The role of seed in peasant agricultural -- 9. Agricultural research in Zimbabwe -- 10. Review of plant breeding programmes -- 11. Post-independence re-orientation of plant breeding -- 12. Plant breeding in Zimbabwe -- 13. Towards a sustainable poverty-oriented plant breeding 

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