Climate change is predicted to have major impacts on small-scale farmers in Mexico whose livelihoods depend on rain-fed maize. We examined the capacity of traditional maize seed systems to provide these farmers with appropriate genetic material under predicted agro-ecological conditions associate...
Bellon, M.
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Hodson, D.
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Hellin, J.
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[Assessing the vulnerability of traditional maize seed systems in Mexico to climate change]
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Assessing the vulnerability of traditional maize seed systems in Mexico to climate change
Avouhou, H.T.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Dansi, M.
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Bellon, M.
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Kpeki, B.
,
[Ethnobotanical factors influencing the use and management of wild edible plants in agricultural environments in Benin]
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Ethnobotanical factors influencing the use and management of wild edible plants in agricultural environments in Benin
Heerwaarden, Joost van
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Ortega Del Vecchyo, D.
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Álvarez Buylla, E.R.
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Bellon, M.
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[New genes in traditional seed systems: diffusion, detectability and persistence of transgenes in a maize metapopulation.]
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New genes in traditional seed systems: diffusion, detectability and persistence of transgenes in a maize metapopulation.
With current rates of land degradation reaching ten to twelve million ha per year, there is an urgent need to scale up and out successful, profitable and resource-efficient sustainable land management practices to maintain the health and resilience of the land that humans depend on. As much as 50...
Thomas, Richard J.
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Reed, M.
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Clifton, K.
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Appadurai, Arivudai Nambi
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Mills, A. J.
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Zucca, Claudio
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Kodsi, E.
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Sircely, Jason A.
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Haddad, F.
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Hagen, C. von
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Wolderegay, K.
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Shalander, K.
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Bellon, M.
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Le, Q. B.
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Mabikke, Samuel
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Alexander, S.
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Leu, S.
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Schlingloff, S.
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Lala-Pritchard, T.
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Mares, V.
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Quiróz, R.
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[Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land]
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Scaling up sustainable land management and restoration of degraded land
In the last 20 years there has been a growing interest in on-farm conservation of crop diversity. Numerous projects to support on-farm conservation have been implemented worldwide. Projects are needed because maintaining crop diversity on-farm can entail important costs to farmers, who often face...
Bellon, M.
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Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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Bioversity International
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[Methodologies for evaluating on-farm conservation projects]
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Methodologies for evaluating on-farm conservation projects
The challenge of on-farm conservation projects is to identify, design and implement interventions that make the conservation of crop diversity compatible with improved livelihoods and well-being among the farmers who conserve it. The success of any on-farm conservation project depends on a good d...
Bellon, M.
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Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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Bioversity International
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[Guidelines and best practices for on-farm conservation projects: designing and evaluating interventions]
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Guidelines and best practices for on-farm conservation projects: designing and evaluating interventions
Dandin, S.B.
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Mathur, P.N.
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Bellon, M.
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[Biodiversity interventions an insurance against nitrition and health security]
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Biodiversity interventions an insurance against nitrition and health security
Bellon, M.
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[Agricultural Biodiversity Assessment in the Systems CRPS: An Introduction]
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Agricultural Biodiversity Assessment in the Systems CRPS: An Introduction
Although participatory plant breeding is gaining greater acceptance worldwide, the techniques needed to assess it are not well known. The papers in this volume address the three themes of the workshop: designing and analyzing joint experiments involving variety evaluation by farmers; identifying ...
Bellon, M.
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Reeves, J.
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[Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory Methods in Plant Breeding]
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Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory Methods in Plant Breeding
This paper discusses the notion of farmer empowerment as a primary objective of participatory
research. The authors argue that agricultural technologies are adapted - not adopted – through a
social and cultural process which includes the transformation of the technology. Farmer
participation in a...
Hellin, J.
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Badstue, L.
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Bellon, M.
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[Participatory research: a catalyst for greater impact]
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Participatory research: a catalyst for greater impact