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Les populations autochtones de maïs au Mexique
Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2021 The article consists of three parts. In the first one, we address the peculiarities of maize crop more generally of the culture around maize in Mexico, in order to explain the need for in situ conservation and participatory improvement of this species ...
Rafael Ortega Paczka
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A Plant Pathologist on Wheat Breeding with Special Reference to Septoria Diseases
Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2004 This review has a personal, plant pathologist's outlook on plant breeding. It touches upon some generalities, among which the "three stages" of plant breeding, participatory plant breeding and biotechnology in plant breeding.
J.C. Zadoks
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Evaluation of Hawaiian Heritage Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) Breeding Lines
Agronomy, 2021 Producing ‘Hawaiian Heritage’ cultivars can raise the market value of locally grown sweet potatoes and increase small farmer earnings in Hawaii. Twelve sweet potato breeding lines (Ipomea batatas L.), derived from the Hawaiian maternal parent ‘Mohihi ...
Todd Anderson +5 more
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Participatory plant breeding: the best way to breed for sustainable agriculture? [PDF]
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2006 Participatory plant breeding began in developing countries and now some European farmers and scientists are proposing its suitability in contributing to sustainable agriculture. This paper uses both genetics and sociology to determine the conditions required.
Chiffoleau, Yuna, Desclaux, Dominique
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Crowdsourcing priorities: a new participatory ex-ante framework for crop improvement
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 Demand-led approaches to crop breeding involve ranking priorities across different disciplines and stakeholder categories, but the implications of decisions made during varietal development are frequently understood only years later.
Martina Occelli +2 more
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Oilseeds and fats, crops and lipids, 2018 The Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) concept emerged twenty years ago, particularly with the aim to build alternative organizations of the plant breeding activities in developing countries. It now as well questions the developed countries, in the frame
Vincourt Patrick, Carolo Pierre
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) in Iran: A Study Based on Breeders' Perceptions [PDF]
International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2017 The purpose of this study was to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB). Seventy-six breeders were randomly selected from among 95 breeders who were working at the Seed and Plant Improvement Institute ...
Mostafa Karbasioun , Fatemeh Abbasi
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South Sustainability, 2020 Organic agriculture mitigates the effects of climate change, is more sustainable than industrial agriculture, provides more nutritious and healthy food, and several ecosystem services.
Salvatore Ceccarelli, Stefania Grando
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Prioritizing preferred traits in the yam value chain in Nigeria: a gender situation analysis
Frontiers in Sociology, 2023 This study describes what did and did not work in the prioritization of preferred traits within the value chain of yam and associated food products (boiled and pounded yam) in Nigeria.
Benjamin Okoye +10 more
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Quinoa in Ecuador: Recent Advances under Global Expansion
Plants, 2021 Quinoa is a highly diverse crop domesticated in the Andean region of South America with broad adaptation to a wide range of marginal environments. Quinoa has garnered interest worldwide due to its nutritional and health benefits.
Leonardo Hinojosa +11 more
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