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

Table 4

Means (modes) of informal seed flow of rice through farmers’ networks.

Means of flow	Percent (%) flow of genetic materials in different sites and time
	Begnas (mid hill)			Kholako Chhew (low hill)			Kachorwa (Tarai plains)
	2001	2003	2005	2001	2003	2005	2001	2003	2005
Exchange	53	64	51	58	54	67	64	56	52
Gift	31	30	42	36	38	30	17	5	6
Purchase	16	6	7	6	8	3	19	39	42