TY - BOOK ED - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. TI - Seed multiplication by resource-limited farmers: proceedings of the Latin American Workshop, Goiâna, Brazil, 7-11 April 2003 T2 - FAO plant production and protection paper, SN - 9251052174 U1 - 631 FOO 2004 A091 Or. PY - 2004/// CY - Rome PB - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations KW - Seed technology KW - Farms, Small KW - Seed supply KW - International relief N1 - "TC/M/Y5706E/1/11.04/1350"--P. [4] of cover N2 - FAO, through its Seed and Plant Genetics Resources Service, is conducting a series of workshops to generate ideas, develop methodologies and facilitate initiatives aimed at strengthening on-farm seed multiplication (the informal seed system), thereby addressing the seed security needs of smallholder farmers. The informal seed system in Latin America receives inadequate attention from policy-makers. FAO organized the Latin American Workshop on Seed Multiplication by Resource-limited Farmers to identify the major constraints facing on-farm seed production and the groups of resource-limited farmers to be targeted, and to propose solutions for increasing the availability of good quality seed to small-holder farmers ER -