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Smallholder Seed Access

Smallholder Seed Access is a conceptual framework within agricultural development studies that specifies the conditions, mechanisms, and constraints under which small-scale farm households obtain planting materials of improved crop varieties, distinguishing it from generic seed distribution by focusing on the socio-economic, institutional, and geographic barriers unique to resource-limited farmers.

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2017–2026

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127

New seeds and poor people

World Development · 1991 · 393 citations

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Seed systems smallholder farmers use

Shawn McGuire, Louise Sperling · Food Security · 2016 · 366 citations · Full text

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Factors Affecting Adoption of Improved Rice Varieties among Rural Farm Households in Central Nepal

Raju Ghimire, Wen-Chi Huang, Rudra Bahadur Shrestha · Rice Science · 2015 · 295 citations · Full text

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Conservation agriculture for small holder rainfed farming: Opportunities and constraints of new mechanized seeding systems

C. Johansen, Md. Enamul Haque, R.W. Bell et al. · Field Crops Research · 2012 · 198 citations · Full text

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Attitudes and behaviours regarding use of crop protection products—A survey of more than 8500 smallholders in 26 countries

G. A. Matthews · Crop Protection · 2008 · 150 citations

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Authors

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  1. CA
    Conny Almekinders

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    10 publications · 488 citations

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  2. LS
    Louise Sperling

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 553 citations

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  3. PS
    P.C. Struik

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    4 publications · 148 citations

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  4. SM
    Shawn McGuire

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 562 citations

    4

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  5. MS
    Mélinda Smale

    Michigan State University, United States

    3 publications · 73 citations

    3

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Institutions

157

  1. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    13 h-index

    30 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo

    Texcoco, Mexico

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    699 citations

  3. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    194 citations

  4. International Potato Center

    Nairobi, Kenya

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    360 citations

  5. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

    Nairobi, Kenya

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    178 citations

  6. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

    Aleppo, Syria

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    191 citations

  7. Africa Rice Center

    Cocody, Ivory Coast

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    230 citations

  8. Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT

    Rome, Italy

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    193 citations

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Venues

  1. Food Security

    7 publications · 599 citations

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  2. Journal of Crop Improvement

    4 publications · 106 citations

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  3. Outlook on Agriculture

    4 publications · 204 citations

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  4. Experimental Agriculture

    4 publications · 103 citations

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  5. Agricultural Economics

    3 publications · 190 citations

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