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1336) Facilitators’ Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant Breeding. Module: Participatory Variety Enhancement
Participatory Variety Enhancement (PVE) works with appreciated local varieties of cross- and self-pollinating crops. The objective is to either i) restore characteristics, or ‘traits’, that have deteriorated over time, ii) improve preferred traits, or iii) adapt the varieties to changing growing...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global; Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Asia
Publication year: 2021
1337) How to develop and manage your own community seed bank Farmers’ handbook. Technical issues: Booklet 2 of 3
This handbook is a companion to Community seed banks: concept and practice. Facilitator handbook. The three booklets making up this handbook were written and designed for rural producers who are interested in establishing, supporting, and managing a community seed bank. Each focuses on a theme presented...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Global; Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Asia
Publication year: 2020
1338) Linking small farmers to the formal research sector: lessons from a participatory bean breeding programme in Honduras
The paper discusses co-production in the improvement of bean varieties between Honduran hillside farmers and regional scientists. Some of the findings outlined in the paper include: farmers trained to conduct participatory plant breeding (PPB) have succeeded in improving the yield and the value of a...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: 2005
1339) A paradigm shift in Farmer Field Schools methodology in Eastern Africa
Farmer Field Schools have been a success across Africa, and as a result, demand continues to grow. In Kenya and Uganda, for example, the approach has been, or is being, institutionalized in national extension policies and systems, and other countries have indicated an interest in doing the same. The...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2021
1340) A Seed Saving Guide for Gardeners and Farmers
This manual provides the basics of how to grow seed, from choosing appropriate varieties for seed saving to harvesting, processing, and storing seed. The instructions assume that the reader has basic knowledge of vegetable growing.
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2010