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Return to Agrobiodiversity: Participatory Plant Breeding [PDF]
Diversity, 2022 Biodiversity in general, and agrobiodiversity in particular are crucial for adaptation to climate change, for resilience and for human health as related to dietary diversity.
Salvatore Ceccarelli, Stefania Grando
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Participatory plant breeding [PDF]
, 2015 Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is the systematic and regular involvement of farmers as decision-makers in all stages of a plant breeding program. PPB falls within a spectrum of approaches that ranges from traditional plant breeding by farmers, with ...
CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation
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Why participatory plant research now? [PDF]
Quantitative Plant BiologyIn the current polycrisis era, plant science, particularly when applied to agronomy, becomes instrumental: because our main substantial and renewable resource is plant biomass, many future solutions will depend on our ability to grow and transform plant ...
Sofía Correa +3 more
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Cultivating awareness: How botanical gardens can foster public engagement with plant pathogens. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensPhytopathogens are a growing global threat to food security, economies, and ecosystems, yet public awareness and policy support often lag behind scientific innovations.
Dagmar Renate Hann, Gudrun Kadereit
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Participatory Plant Breeding in Relation to Genetic Diversity, Food Security, Plant Development and the Need to Pay Attention to Oilseed Crops [PDF]
Agrotechniques in Industrial Crops, 2023 Since the beginning of life on earth, mankind has always used animals and plants for its nutrition and has continuously trained and developed them for their benefits and social, cultural, and economic needs.
Mehdi Kakaei, Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi
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Agronomy, 2021 Wheat is a staple food in many diets and is currently cultivated worldwide. It provides a large proportion of the daily energy intake and contributes to food balance.
Camille Vindras-Fouillet +8 more
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Transforming food systems: a gendered perspective on local agricultural innovation in Cuba
Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 Compared to many countries, Cuba has made significant progress in advancing women's rights and gender equity; however, disparities remain. In the country's rural communities and agricultural sector, women continue to face barriers to equal participation ...
Bárbara Benítez Fernández +8 more
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Gender mainstreaming in sweetpotato breeding in Uganda: a case study
Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 PurposeIn Uganda, sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] is typically a “woman’s crop,” grown, processed, stored and also mainly consumed by smallholder farmers for food and income. Farmers value sweetpotato for its early maturity, resilience to stresses,
Reuben T. Ssali +11 more
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Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 IntroductionThis case study reports on how a gender responsive breeding program contributes to meeting the trait preference of men and women for improved cowpea varieties in northern Ghana.MethodsFifty-eight early-maturing, medium-maturing and dual ...
Alhassan Nuhu Jinbaani +6 more
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Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2016 Organic farmers require improved varieties that have been adapted to their unique soils, nutrient inputs, management practices, and pest pressures. One way to develop adapted varieties is to situate breeding programs in the environment of intended use ...
Adrienne C. Shelton, William F. Tracy
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