MARC details
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02222nam a22003377a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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G81363 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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MX-TxCIM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20220713175604.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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220713s2004 rh ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
MX-TxCIM |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng |
| 072 #0 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE |
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| Subject category code |
E10 |
| 072 #0 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE |
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| Subject category code |
F01 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN) |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
CIS-4369 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Langyintuo, A.S. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
175 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Challenges of the maize seed sector in southern Africa |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Harare (Zimbabwe) : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
CIMMYT, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
25 pages |
| 340 ## - PHYSICAL MEDIUM |
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| Material base and configuration |
Computer File|Printed |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Draft |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Seed is an essential, strategic, and relatively inexpensive input to agriculture with a high rate of return on investment that often sets the upper limit for crop production. In southern Africa, a number of seed companies, farmers’ associations and community based seed production systems are involved in the production and distribution of improved maize seed to complement farmer’s own seed stocks. Notwithstanding the concerted efforts of these various seed providers, improved maize seed is still chronically unavailable at the farm level due mainly to production and distribution challenges broadly categorized as (1) farmers’ circumstances, (2) institutional environment, (3) national and regional policy environments, and (4) climatic conditions. Using industry level survey data, this paper critically examines how these challenges impact upon seed provision and specifically highlights the fact that the dual role of seed as an input and a technology often overlooked by researchers complicates the determination of seed demand required for effective production planning. Drawing on the findings, the paper makes relevant policy recommendations necessary to enhance the provision of improved maize seed at the farm level. |
| 536 ## - FUNDING INFORMATION NOTE |
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| Text of note |
Socioeconomics Program |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Text in English |
| 591 ## - CATALOGING NOTES |
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| Affiliation |
0503|AL-Maize Program |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Seed production |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1253 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Maize |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1173 |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Seed systems |
| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
19811 |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Source of heading or term |
AGROVOC |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1954 |
| Geographic name |
Southern Africa |
| 711 2# - ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
28175 |
| Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Annual meeting of Maize breeders in southern Africa |
| Date of meeting |
( September 12-17, 2004 : |
| Location of meeting |
Lilongwe, Malawi ) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Conference paper |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Suppress in OPAC |
No |