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Technical and Institutional Issues in Participatory Plant Breeding – From the Perspective of Formal Plant Breeding A Global Analysis of Issues, Results, and Current Experience

This paper presents a review of participatory plant breeding (PPB) from the perspective of formal sector institutions such as national plant breeding programmes, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) institutes, or extension services. It includes an inventory of PPB cases worldwide, detailed descriptions of a number of illustrative cases, analysis of key technical and institutional issues, and assessment of gaps in current knowledge regarding PPB methods, organization, and results.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectPlant breeding techniques and approaches
PublisherInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Publication year2003
RegionsAfrica; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Global
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://cgspace.cgiar.org/bitstream/handle/10568/54293/Technical_Institutional_Issues.pdf?sequence=1
KeywordsAgricultural biodiversity; Best practices approaches and techniques; Plant breeding
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