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1601) The tricot citizen science approach applied to on-farm variety evaluation: methodological progress and perspectives
Tricot (triadic comparisons of technologies) is a citizen science approach for testing technology options in their use environments, which is being applied to on-farm testing of crop varieties. Over the last years, important progress has been made on the tricot methodology of which an overview is given....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
1602) SEEDS TOOLKIT Module 3: Seed quality assurance
Quality seed is the fuel for agricultural development, and availability of quality seeds of a wide range of adapted crop varieties is the key to attaining food security. Seed produced under a certification and quality control system is superior in terms of improvedvariety, varietal purity, freedom from...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
1603) BSF project "Use of genetic resources to establish a multi-country program of evolutionary participatory plant breeding"
" Use of genetic resources to establish a multi-country program of evolutionary participatory plant breeding" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). Farmers’ knowledge is being used to support and strengthen...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Near East
Publication year: N/A
1604) The national gene bank: safeguarding tomorrow's biodiversity
Humanity's future depends on the diversity of the species living on our planet, as they provide present and future generations with a food source and a healthy environment. In Switzerland, many varieties of plants are stored in the national gene bank maintained by Agroscope, the Swiss centre of excellence...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
1605) Seed Diversity, Farmers’ Rights, and the Politics of Re-peasantization
Over the last decade, the practice of using and exchanging locally adapted seeds has become a focal site of grass-roots organizing in the rural areas of Europe, spear-headed by the mobilization of seed networks in different countries and regions. Countering the restrictive scope of existing seed regulations,...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2021