Community Seed Production Sustainability in Rice-Wheat Farming

• Main Authors: Khanal, Narayan Prasad (Author), Maharjan, Keshav Lall (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Sustainable development.; Microeconomics.; Agricultural economics.; Life Sciences.; Sustainable Development.; Agricultural Economics.; Soil Science & Conservation.

This book analyzes the sustainability of community seed production under a rice–wheat farming system from microeconomic perspectives, considering how seed producers benefit from community seed production and how those benefits continue into the future. Seed producers’ performance in resource managem...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Rice–Wheat Farming at a Glance
• 2 Fundamentals of Community Seed Production
• 3 A Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Community Seed Production
• 4 Farmers’ Behavior in Buying Rice and Wheat Seed from Market
• 5 Technical Efficiency in Rice and Wheat Seed Production
• 6 Profit Efficiency in Seed Production under Rice–Wheat Farming
• 7 Households’ Behavior in Selling Rice and Wheat Seed in The Market
• 8 Adoption of Soil Conservation Practices in Rice–Wheat
• Farming
• 9 Risk Management in Community Seed Production under Rice–Wheat Cropping System
• 10 Organizational Governance and its Relationship to Household-Level Economic Indicators: Evidence from Community Seed Production
• 11 Institutionalization of Community Seed Production.