Jon Hellin and Madelon Meijer Guidelines for value chain analysis

04/09/2024

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION

In 2004, ESA initiated a research program on agricultural markets and their relationship to farm-level decisions on utilizing crop genetic resources. It rests on the premise that agricultural markets can significantly affect farm-level access to seeds and the crop genetic resources they embody, and thus farm-level decisions on utilization.

In order to understand better the decisions farmers make about what crop varieties to grow, we need to know, amongst other things, more about: