The Socio-economic dynamics of farmers' management of local plant genetic resources: a frame work for analysis with examples from a Tanzania case

Abstract

Discusses the debate around farmers' management of local plant genetic resources. It seek to develop a theoretical framework for analysing farmers management of plant genetic resources using examples from fieldwork carried out in 1995-1997 among farmers in Tanzania with a focus on the 1994/95 growing season. The study is part of a research programme involving several institutions and coordinated by CDR, titled Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-Arid Tanzania (SASA).