Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency?
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 num...
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2013
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| author | Tripp, Robert Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi |
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| description | 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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| spelling | CGSpace1535032025-11-06T07:29:00Z Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency? Tripp, Robert Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi seeds markets seed systems private sector agricultural policies research and development agricultural research farm inputs 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. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:26Z 2024-10-01T13:56:26Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153503 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Tripp, Robert; and Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi. 2013. Ghanas commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency? GSSP Working Paper 32. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153503 |
| spellingShingle | seeds markets seed systems private sector agricultural policies research and development agricultural research farm inputs Tripp, Robert Mensah-Bonsu, Akwesi Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency? |
| title | Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency? |
| title_full | Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency? |
| title_fullStr | Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency? |
| title_short | Ghana's commercial seed sector: New incentives or continued complacency? |
| title_sort | ghana s commercial seed sector new incentives or continued complacency |
| topic | seeds markets seed systems private sector agricultural policies research and development agricultural research farm inputs |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153503 |
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