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

Table 8

Stability of social seed networks and subnetworks at different study sites over time.

Study sites	Number of strong and weak networks in the community over time
	2001		2003		2005
	Large networks^†	Small networks	Large networks	Small networks	Large networks	Small networks
Begnas (mid hill)	2 (12)	0	1 (4)	10	2 (12)	6
Kholako Chhew (low hill)	n/a	—	1 (7)	4	1 (6)	6
Kachorwa (Tarai plains)	1 (15)	8	—	—	1 (6)	9

Figures in the parenthesis denote the number of subnetworks within the networks.