@article{McAndrew:256621,
      recid = {256621},
      author = {McAndrew, N. C.},
      title = {SEED SECTOR DEVELOPMENT: A WEAK LINK IN CARIBBEAN  AGRICULTURE},
      address = {2002-06-30},
      number = {1882-2017-491},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2002},
      abstract = {Improved seed is a fundamental input in the transfer of  crop production technologies to, and their efficient  utilisation by farmers. Full exploitation by developing  countries of the results from crop research is possible  only when there exists, among other things, effective seed  supply mechanisms that are responsive to farmers' needs for  adequate, timely and affordable supplies of quality seed of  improved varieties. In many Caribbean countries these  mechanisms are still underdeveloped despite significant  investment of resources, both national and in the form of  assistance from bilateral and multilateral agencies, over  the years. Underdevelopment of the seed sector imposes  constraints on crop production and productivity, on the  economic exploitation of the food crop genetic resources  available in the region, and on the capability of countries  to respond to disaster events that affect the food crop  sector. Quality seed of improved, adapted varieties is  pivotal to the expansion, improvement and sustainability of  crop agriculture in the Caribbean and requires that  national and regional policies be enacted, and appropriate  strategies implemented to ensure, and assure, the adequacy,  timeliness, reliability and affordability of improved seed  throughout the region.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256621},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256621},
}