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Seed Business Management in Africa

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  • MacRobert, John F., 2009. "Seed Business Management in Africa," Manuals 56174, CIMMYT: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.
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    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.56174
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    2. 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).
    3. Erenstein, Olaf & Kassie, Girma Tesfahun, 2018. "Seeding eastern Africa’s maize revolution in the post-structural adjustment era: a review and comparative analysis of the formal maize seed sector," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 21(1).
    4. Kassie, G.T. & Erenstein, O. & Mwangi W. & MacRobert, J. & Setimela, P. & Shiferaw, B., 2013. "Political and economic features of the maize seed industry in southern Africa," International Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (IJAGST), SvedbergOpen, vol. 52(2), March.
    5. Rutsaert, Pieter & Donovan, Jason & Kimenju, Simon, 2021. "Demand-side challenges to increase sales of new maize hybrids in Kenya," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 66(C).
    6. Benson, Todd & Spielman, David J. & Kasa, Leulsegged, 2014. "Direct seed marketing program in Ethiopia in 2013: An operational evaluation to guide seed-sector reform:," IFPRI discussion papers 1350, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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