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961) Forest and farm producers – Climate-change sentinels: Policy brief
This policy brief summarizes key findings and sets out six clear recommendations for how to build long-term climate resilience among smallholders. Smallholder farmers are already taking action on climate resilience and producer organizations are best-placed to support them. We urgently need to invest...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
962) Dynamic conservation of genetic resources: Rematriation of the maize landrace Jala
The conservation of landraces is fundamental to safeguarding crop diversity, food security, and sustainable production. Jala is a special maize landrace from the region in and around the Jala Valley of Mexico that produces the largest ear and tallest plant of all maize landraces in the world. Changing...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2020
963) Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits
Smallholder agriculture involves millions of farmers worldwide. A methodical utilization of their traditional knowledge in modern breeding efforts may help the production of locally adapted varieties better addressing their needs. In this study, a combination of participatory approaches, genomics, and...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
964) Agronomic Evaluation of Bread Wheat Varieties from Participatory Breeding: A Combination of Performance and Robustness
This article reports on a Participatory plant breeding (PPB) program that started on bread wheat in France in 2006 and has achieved a range of outcomes, from the emergence of new organization among actors, to specific experimental designs and statistical methods developed, and to populations varieties...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
965) Seeding eastern Africa’s maize revolution in the post-structural adjustment era: A review and comparative analysis of the formal maize seed sector.
Improved maize seed is instrumental to deliver an Asian-style ‘green revolution’ for Africa. The paper reviews and makes a comparative analysis of the maize (corn) seed sector and its evolution in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia drawing from seed sector surveys and secondary data. Enhancing...
Subject: Grains/Cereals/Pulses/Root crops/Fruits; Seed system
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2017