A framework for seed policy analysis in developing countries

Pray, Carl E.; Ramaswami, Bharat. 1991. A framework for seed policy analysis in developing countries. Occasional Papers 18. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156825

The seed industry is crucial to agricultural development. Seed was perhaps the most important form in which the technology of the green revolution was transferred to farmers. As the new biotechnology moves from the laboratory to the field and seeds incorporate functions such as the ability to resist pests and generate nutrients that were previously supplied by other industries, the seed industry may become even more important.