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First experiences with a novel farmer citizen science approach: Crowdsourcing participatory varietal selection through on-farm triadic comparisons of technologies (tricot)

This paper addresses the application of citizen science and crowdsourcing to participatory varietal selection (PVS). Methods, results and lessons learnt from pilot studies in India, East Africa and Central America are presented.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectPlant breeding techniques and approaches
PublisherExperimental Agriculture
Publication year2016
RegionsAfrica; Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7EB1E08172E025D586B8F1CB93B356E3/S0014479716000739a.pdf/first-experiences-with-a-novel-farmer-citizen-science-approach-crowdsourcing-participatory-variety-selection-through-on-farm-triadic-comparisons-of-technologies-tricot.pdf
KeywordsBest practices approaches and techniques; Plant breeding; Agricultural biodiversity
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