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511) Participatory plant breeding to promote Farmers' Rights
This brief seeks to raise the profile of participatory plant breeding (PPB) as an additional, complementary and powerful strategy for advancing the rights and interests of farmers.
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2007
512) Tricot - video 2: The observations in tricot trials
(video 2 of 7) This video explains how to make the observations in a tricot trial, and hot to record them. The triadic comparisons of technologies or 'tricot' methodology has been designed by Bioversity International with the aim of reaching a large number of farmers with participatory trials testing...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2016
513) The value of plant genetic diversity to resource-poor farmers in Nepal and Vietnam
This paper presents lessons learned from a work over 5-10 years in the Asia and Pacific Ocean (APO) region on participatory crop improvement, home gardens, and on-farm management of agricultural biodiversity. The lessons illustrate how farmers adapt genetic resources to suit local environmental conditions....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2008
514) An Exploratory Study on the Diverse Uses and Benefits of Locally-Sourced Fruit Species in Three Villages of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Globally, the potential of indigenous and neglected fruit species is continuously being recognized. This study explores the uses and benefits of locally available fruit species among the Mapulana people in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality. The identified fruit species have the potential to be considered...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2020
515) Promotion of Local Crops in Nepal
This short video highlights the achievements of the Local Crop Project (LCP) in Nepal. The project was jointly implemented by LI-BIRD, Bioversity International, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) and Department of Agriculture (DoA) in Nepal with the financial support of Global Environmental Facility...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020