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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, Deborah Rubin, Hale Ann Tufan   +2 more
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Participatory plant breeding, what approach for rubber trees? [PDF]

Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is part of a participatory research approach involving stakeholders in an agricultural sector and particular farmers. PPB is a socially inclusive process that empowers farmers, increases agrobiodiversity and can improve gender equality.
Montoro, Pascal, Subandiyah, Siti, Oktavia, Fetrina   +2 more
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Participatory plant breeding as a method of rice breeding

International Rice Research Notes, 2009
This article 'Participatory plant breeding as a method of rice breeding' appeared in the International Rice Research Notes series, created by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to expedite communication among scientists concerned with the development of improved technology for rice and rice-based systems. The series is a mechanism to help
Singh, D. N., Singh, V., Virk, D. S., Witcombe, J. R., Singh, P.   +4 more
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Analysis of major Participatory Plant Breeding experiences worldwide

, 2012
A case study assembled and analyzed 22 PPB cases covered about 13 crops from 18 countries, and showed successful PPB breeding methodologies. The innovative PPB strategy is to facilitate the formal registration of varieties, taking into account the current requirements of catalogue registration, the creation of farmers’ organizations to manage plant ...
Ceccarelli, Salvatore, Al Yassin1, Adnan, Goldringer, Isabelle, Mendes Moreira, Pedro, Chable, Veronique   +4 more
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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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Increasing sorghum yields for smallholder farmers in Mali: the evolution towards a context-driven, on-farm, gender-responsive sorghum breeding program

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
This case study explores a decades long evolution towards a gender-responsive sorghum breeding program in Mali. With known disparities in men and women’s access to the resources that improve agricultural productivity and evidence that gender roles and ...
Krista Isaacs, Eva Weltzien, Hermann Some, Abdoulaye Diallo, Bocar Diallo, Mamourou Sidibé, Kirsten vom Brocke, Kirsten vom Brocke, Bakary Samake, Baloua Nebié, Fred W. Rattunde   +10 more
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Organic agriculture and evolutionary populations to merge mitigation and adaptation strategies to fight climate change

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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Increased Risk of Sarcomas in Children With Congenital Anomalies: Findings From the Genetic Overlap Between Anomalies and Cancer in Kids (GOBACK) Registry Linkage Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that contribute disproportionately to cancer mortality in children. Although congenital anomalies are among the strongest known risk factors for childhood cancer, the risk of specific sarcoma subtypes among affected individuals has not yet been thoroughly evaluated. Procedure We
Russ Wolters, Ji Yun Tark, Tiffany M. Chambers, Tania A. Desrosiers, Michael E. Scheurer, Charles Shumate, Wendy N. Nembhard, Mahsa M. Yazdy, Eirini Nestoridi, Amanda E. Janitz, Jean Paul Tanner, Russell S. Kirby, Jason L. Salemi, Yao Yu, Chad D. Huff, Sharon E. Plon, Philip J. Lupo, Jeremy M. Schraw   +17 more
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Spider plant (Cleome gynandra) breeding priorities and preferences among landraces in Zimbabwe

Journal of Underutilised Crops Research
Background: Participatory approaches such as participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and participatory variety selection (PVS) methods empower farmers to play a greater role in the decision-making process and in shaping the future improvement of crops ...
Munyaradzi Mativavarira, Kennedy Simango, Edmore Gasura, Patrick Kasasa, Hilton Mbozi, Priscah Makamure   +5 more
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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, Miriam Ofoeze, Mercy Ejechi, Samuel Onwuka, Solomon Nwafor, Nnaemeka Onyemauwa, Blessing Ukeje, Chinwe Eluagu, Jude Obidiegwu, Olamide Olaosebikan, Tessy Madu   +10 more
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