Low and variable yields of wheat in the rice--wheat cropping systems of lower Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of South Asia, covering Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (EUP) in India and the Terai region of Nepal, are a matter of significant concern for

Across Southeast Asia, agricultural growth has historically been a major driver of overall economic growth and poverty reduction (Christiaensen, Demery, and Kuhl 2011).1 Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam all enjoyed rapid agricultural grow

This paper examines factors related to the supply of hybrid maize seed in Ghana and lays the groundwork for research on the demand side.

This study1 examined current constraints to increased private sector investment in the seed and agricultural biotechnology (agbiotech) sectors in India, particularly in relation to rice, wheat and maize improvement.

Numerous studies have shown that the liberalization of seed market policies and stronger legal protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) can stimulate private investment in agriculture, especially crop genetic improvement.

Due to internal conflicts and civil war, the green revolution largely passed by Cambodia without having a significant effect on rice production.

This paper provides the history of development; an analysis of the current industry’s structure, conduct, and performance; and a review of related regulations of the maize seed industry in Thailand.

Our ability to select desirable biological characteristics of plants through applications of modern science creates remarkable abundance in agriculture and is also the uncomplicated reason why many governments in industrialized and developing coun

Agriculture, including fisheries and forestry, accounted for 36.4 percent of Myanmar’s GDP in 2010-2011.

This policy brief will provide an analysis of the maize seed industry’s current state and future prospects, prefacing that with a review of the historical context under which it emerged.

For the last three decades, Vietnam’s agricultural sector has undergone continuous and impressive change.

This paper examines the current status and recent changes in Ghana’s commercial seed system for field crops.

Farmers’ access to technology, technical knowledge, and institutional credit is severely restricted, particularly in the poorest and most food-insecure areas.One measure for increasing agricultural productivity would be greater application of mode

Decisionmakers in Ethiopia have pursued a range of policies and investments to boost agricultural production and productivity.

The timely availability of seeds at planting time is considered one of the important factors for faster improved seed adoption in Nigeria.