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1026) Farmers' Knowledge of Wild Musa in India
India is a treasure chest of biodiversity that hosts a large variety of plants and animals. It has been one of the major centres of origin and distribution for both wild and cultivated bananas (Musa spp.), especially for balbisiana-derived hybrids. The present case study provides an insight into the...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2006
1027) Participatory Bread Wheat Breeding in Fars Province
Participatory plant breeding (PPB) has been practiced for several reasons, including sociological, humanitarian, and egalitarian. However, PPB should be practiced simply because it increases plant breeding efficiency, which is defined as 1) the ratio between the number of varieties adopted and the number...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Near East
Publication year: 2015
1028) The accuracy of farmer-generated data in an agricultural citizen science methodology
This study tests whether farmer-generated data in agricultural citizen science are good enough to generate valid statements about the research topic. They assess the accuracy of farmer observations in trials of crowdsourced crop variety selection that use triadic comparisons of technologies (tricot)....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2017
1029) Enhancing seed conservation in rural communities of Guatemala by implementing the dry chain concept
Seed conservation in rural communities of low- and middle-income countries located in tropical areas is particularly problematic, due to high relative humidity that promotes insect and fungal infestations and leads to rapid losses in seed viability. Seed conservation in those areas is affected by unreliable...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2020
1030) Securing the local seed systems: The journey of Farmer's seed clubs in Vietnam
This documentation of the seed club experience shows how the role of farmers in the seed supply system can be enhanced in order to improve access of farming communities to affordable, locally adaptable and good quality seeds. It explores how these seed clubs have evolved and became established and reliable...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2019