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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Prevalence and drivers of seed and pollen-mediated geneflow in sorghum: implications for biosafety regulations and policy in Kenya
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| Autores: |
Mgonja, Mary A.
Okello, Julius Juma
Mwangi, Stephen G.
Manyasa, Eric
Ouma, James Okuro
Godiah, Lawrence
Alumira, Jane
Kibuka, J.
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| Data: |
2009-07-03
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Cultivated sorghum
Prevalence of wild sorghum varieties
Geneflow
Varietal purity
Biosafety
Kenya
Crop Production/Industries
Food Security and Poverty
Production Economics
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| Resumo: |
This paper uses a random sample of 881 farmers drawn from eastern and western Kenya to examine the prevalence and drivers of seed and pollen mediated geneflow in the two major sorghum growing regions. It employs both qualitative and quantitative techniques to assess farmers’ awareness of wild sorghum varieties, the practices they use in maintaining varietal purity and the conditioners of their success in maintaining the purity of cultivated varieties. The study finds that, among others, cultural differences, agro-climate and poverty affect the awareness, practices used in maintaining varietal purity and farmers’ success in doing so. These findings have implication for biosafety and policy in Kenya due to the clamour to introduce genetically modified bio-fortified sorghum varieties in Africa.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://purl.umn.edu/51901
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
Contributed Paper
443
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| Formato: |
21
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