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Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency?:

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  • Tripp, Robert
  • Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi

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This paper examines the current status and recent changes in Ghana’s commercial seed system for field crops. It includes a review of present performance and an examination of the factors that might influence the course of seed system develop-ment in the near future. The paper is timely because a number of changes in policies, regulations, responsibilities, and commercial interests mean that this could be a period of significant transition for Ghana’s seed sector, perhaps marking an end to the stagnation and complacency that have characterized the sector for the past several decades.

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  • Tripp, Robert & Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi, 2013. "Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency?:," GSSP working papers 32, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    Seed markets; seed system; commercial sector; Private sector; Agricultural policy; Research and development; Agricultural research; Agricultural inputs;
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