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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Inflated seed costs

Inflated seed costs

  • Excessive hybrid seed costs
  • Lack of seed money

Broader

Prohibitive costs of farming
Yet to rate
Introduction of high-yield crop varieties
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Monopolization of agricultural genetic resources
Excellent
Inappropriate modernization of agriculture
Excellent
Overdependence on few crop species
Presentable
Monopolization of seed industry
Unpresentable
Commercialization of nature
Yet to rate

Related

Declining breeds of cultivated plants
Excellent

Strategy

Distributing crop seeds
Yet to rate

Value

Lack
Yet to rate
Inflation
Yet to rate
Excess
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J4397
DOCID
12043970
D7NID
159822
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/inflated-seed-costs
Last update
Oct 4, 2020