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Regulatory Options for a Changing Agricultural Scenario: The Case of Seed Certification
Robert Tripp,
Robert Tripp
*Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, UK
Search for more papers by this authorRobert Tripp,
Robert Tripp
*Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, UK
Search for more papers by this authorThe author is grateful to the UK Overseas Development Administration (Policy Research Programme) for financial support for this study; however, the views expressed in the article do not necessarily correspond with those of ODA
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