An investigation of alternative bean seed marketing channels in Uganda
The distribution of newly released bean seed is often a weak link in the technology transfer process. To assist national commodity programs to devise cost-effective delivery systems, research was conducted in Uganda to test the appropriateness of bean seed distribution through four non-conventional channels: rural shops, a rural health clinic, women`s groups and an NGO. The findings confirm the feasibility of distributing seed packets through market and non-market channels and show that each delivery system has advantages and disadvantages which must be assessed by seed suppliers in a country-specific context. The paper offers guidelines for the distribution of new bean varieties by formal institutions
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
1997
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| Subjects: | phaseolus vulgaris, seed production, economic distribution, marketing channels, prices, costs, producción de semillas, distribución económica, corrientes de mercadeo, precios, costos, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72325 |
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