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1016) Global Farmer Field School Platform
Farmer Field School (FFS) is an approach based on people-centred learning. Participatory methods to create an environment conducive to learning: the participants can exchange knowledge and experience in a risk free setting. Practical field exercises using direct observation, discussion and decision making...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
1017) BSF project "Redesigning the exploitation of small grains genetic resources towards increased sustainability of grain-value chain and improved farmers’ livelihoods in Serbia and Bulgaria - GRAINEFIT"
"Redesigning the exploitation of small grains genetic resources towards increased sustainability of grain-value chain and improved farmers’ livelihoods in Serbia and Bulgaria - GRAINEFIT" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A
1018) Online course for Farmer Field Schools on Farmer Seed Production and Marketing
The online course “Farmer Field Schools on Farmer Seed Production and Marketing” is part of the program’s work on seed production for the local market. The objective of this work is (1) to improve farmers’ access to seed of well adapted crops and varieties not offered by the formal seed sector...
Subject: Training, Capacity Development
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2022
1019) The Commons, Plant Breeding and Agricultural Research - Challenges for Food Security and Agrobiodiversity
This book shows how social sciences, and more especially law, can contribute towards reconfiguring current legal frameworks in order to achieving a better balance between the necessary requirements of agricultural innovation and the need for protection of agrobiodiversity. On the assumption that the...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
1020) Potato breeding in the Netherlands: A successful participatory model with collaboration between farmers and commercial breeders
The potato breeding system in the Netherlands has a long-standing tradition of farmer participation in breeding. This PPB differs from the ‘standard’ PPB model as there is substantial private sector involvement and the system is situated in a modern, western context. This paper describes the current...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2014