An Analysis of Social Seed Network and Its Contribution to On-Farm Conservation of Crop Genetic Diversity in Nepal

Table 6

Stability of initial nodal farmers in rice seed networks across study sites.

Study sites	Stable nodal farmers over different points in time
	2001	2003	2005
Begnas (mid hill)	18	5 (27)^†	1 (5)^†
Kholako Chhew (low hill)	8	4 (50)	2 (12)
Kachorwa (Tarai plain)	26	7 (27)	0 (0)

Figures in parentheses refer to the percent of stable nodal farmers from 2001.