Seeds for African peasants : peasants' needs and agricultural research - the case of Zimbabwe

Abstract

The book provides a comprehensive discussion about the role of agricultural seed in sustainable peasant agriculture and concludes by presenting new principles for sustainable poverty-oriented plant breeding.

<p>Contents: 1. The peasant debate -- 2. The role of seed in the process of commodification -- 3. Plant breeding and agricultural development -- 4. Agricultural in Zimbabwe -- 5. Introduction to Silobela communal area -- 6. Economic and social development -- 7. Farming system analysis -- 8. The role of seed in peasant agricultural -- 9. Agricultural research in Zimbabwe -- 10. Review of plant breeding programmes -- 11. Post-independence re-orientation of plant breeding -- 12. Plant breeding in Zimbabwe -- 13. Towards a sustainable poverty-oriented plant breeding </p>