In Nepal, more than 90% of cereal seed flows from informal systems and there are regions and groups of farmers that are not connected at all to any seed networks with external seed supply. Nepal's agricultural policies and formal institutions are promoting the development of the formal seed syste...
Wyss, R.
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Guenat, D.V.
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López Noriega, Isabel
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Gauchan, D.
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Upadhya, D.
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[Seed systems of rice and finger millet in Nepal, between formality and informality]
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Seed systems of rice and finger millet in Nepal, between formality and informality
Jarvis, D.
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Ramírez, M.
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Gauchan, D.
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Turdieva, M.K.
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Bai, K.
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De Santis, P.
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Bergamini, N.
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Lopez Noriega, I.
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Nankya, R.
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Padulosi, S.
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Drucker, A.
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Raneri, Jessica E.
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Elias, M.
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Lewis, M.
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Staver, C.
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Rana, J.
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Gotor, E.
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[Climbing to Zero Hunger with crop biodiversity]
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Climbing to Zero Hunger with crop biodiversity
In Nepal, more than 90% of cereal seed flows from informal systems and there are regions and groups of farmers that are not connected at all to any seed networks with external seed supply. Nepal's agricultural policies and formal institutions are promoting the development of the formal seed syste...
Wyss, R.
,
Guenat, D.V.
,
López Noriega, Isabel
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Gauchan, D.
,
Upadhya, D.
,
[Seed systems of rice and finger millet in Nepal, between formality and informality]
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Seed systems of rice and finger millet in Nepal, between formality and informality
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.
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
Nepal is one of the top twenty countries where potato contributes substantially for the human diet. Enhancing adoption of improved potato varieties could impact on farmer’s income, household food and nutritional security. As such, using a multistage sampling procedure, a study was conducted to as...