Africa hosts approximately 33 million smallholder farms, which account for 80% of the continent's farming system. Subsistence farming systems face highly variable climatic conditions that threaten locally-adapted, low-input agriculture. For the near future, they are among the most seriously affec...
Mancini, C.
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Kidane, Y.G.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Pe, M.E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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[Which wheat for smallholder Ethiopian farmers? Joining traditional knowledge with metric phenotypes]
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Which wheat for smallholder Ethiopian farmers? Joining traditional knowledge with metric phenotypes
Ethiopia is one of the most populous countries in Africa, with more than 96 million inhabitants, 80% of whom are engaged in small-scale agriculture, and often subsistence farming. We involved 60 smallholder farmers in two locations in Ethiopia to evaluate traits of their interest in 400 wheat acc...
Mancini, C.
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Kidane, Y.G.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Pe, M.E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Dell'Acqua, Martin
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[Which wheat for smallholder Ethiopian farmers? Joining traditional knowledge with metric phenotypes]
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Which wheat for smallholder Ethiopian farmers? Joining traditional knowledge with metric phenotypes
A series of policy briefs bringing together the major results and policy recommendations of the Seeds for Needs project which started in 2009. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) in Ethiopia.
This project provides a unique framework f...
Gevel, Jeske van de
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Bioversity International
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Gellaw, A.
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Fadda, Carlo
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[Seeds for Needs: participatory variety selection]
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Seeds for Needs: participatory variety selection
A series of policy briefs bringing together the major results and policy recommendations of the Seeds for Needs project which started in 2009. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) in Ethiopia. The methodology and maps were developed by...
Gevel, Jeske van de
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Gellaw, A.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Zonneveld, M. van
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[Seeds for needs: atlas of crop suitability]
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Seeds for needs: atlas of crop suitability
Smallholder farming communities face highly variable climatic conditions that threaten locally adapted, low-input agriculture. The benefits of modern crop breeding may fail to reach their fields when broadly adapted genetic materials do not address local requirements. To date, participatory metho...
Mancini, C.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Pè, M.E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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Melfa and Workaye Farmer Community
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Kidane, Y.G.
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[Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat]
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Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat
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, genomi...
Kidane, Y.G.
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Mancini, C.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Frascaroli, E.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Pe, M.E.
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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[Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits]
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Genome wide association study to identify the genetic base of smallholder farmer preferences of Durum wheat traits