Participatory Plant Breeding: Concept and Applications by Atul Bhargava & Shilpi Srivastava

Author:Atul Bhargava & Shilpi Srivastava
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789811371196
Publisher: Springer Singapore

International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and IRD: drought tolerance, panicle architecture, root development, iron-toxicity tolerance, and bacterial leaf blight resistance

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS): Drought research with focus on deep rooting

AfricaRice examined several participatory approaches such as participatory plant breeding and plant technology development and adopted the plant varietal selection (PVS) approach to develop NERICA varieties that were best suited to the farmers. The NERICA farmer participatory program spans across 20 African countries and involves thousands of cultivators across the African continent. During 2000–2006, AfricaRice developed 18 upland NERICA and 60 lowland NERICA-L varieties for use in different agro-climatic regions of Africa and exposed the farmers to these varieties using participatory varietal selection (PVS) and community-based seed systems (CBSS). AfricaRice is also involved in Participatory Adaptive Research and Dissemination of Rice Technologies (PADS) project in several African countries to make rice research and development more client-responsive.

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