This guide provides details on the history, use, and pros and cons of four participatory diversity deployment methods (IRD, Diversity Kits, PVS, TRICOT) to help practitioners distinguish between the methods and choose ones that fit their needs.
Sthapit, B.R.
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Gauchan, D.
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Sthapit, S.R.
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Ghirmire, K.H.
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Joshi, B.K.
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Jarvis, D.
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Herrle, J.
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[A field guide to participatory methods for sourcing new crop diversity.]
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A field guide to participatory methods for sourcing new crop diversity.
This catalogue of released and promising crop varieties for mountain agriculture in Nepal is the result of the combined efforts of many plant breeders who were closely involved in crop improvement in Nepal from 1959 to 2016. This catalogue aims to compile agromorphological characteristics and dig...
Joshi, B.K.
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Bhatta, M.R.
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Ghimire, K.H.
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Khanal, M.
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Gurung, S.B.
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Dhakal, R.
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Sthapit, B.R.
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[Released and promising crop varieties of mountain agriculture in Nepal (1959-2016)]
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Released and promising crop varieties of mountain agriculture in Nepal (1959-2016)
The increased intra-varietal diversity has been considered as coping mechanism against unpredictable environmental factors in crop production. Relatively the risk of crop failure is minimum in landraces than in modern variety mainly because of homogenous population in modern variety. The diversit...
Gurung, S.B.
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Mahat, P.M.
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Bhandari, B.
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Gauchan, D.
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Joshi, B.K.
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[Intra-varietal diversity in landrace and modern variety of rice and buckwheat]
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Intra-varietal diversity in landrace and modern variety of rice and buckwheat