This paper analyses the impact of a development programme designed at promoting the sustainable use of Andean Grain diversity. Results demonstrate that knowledge-sharing on agronomic practices, on benefits derived from consumption, and improving Andean Grain quality had a positive impact on incom...
Gotor, E.
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Bellon, A.
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Polar, V.
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Caracciolo, F.
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[Assessing the benefits of Andean crop diversity on farmers' livelihood: insights from a development programme in Bolivia and Peru]
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Assessing the benefits of Andean crop diversity on farmers' livelihood: insights from a development programme in Bolivia and Peru
Crop variety mixtures (different varieties of a crop grown together in a single plot) have been successfully deployed in pathogen and pest management for several crops including wheat, common bean and rice. Despite the available evidence, promotion of this approach has remained limited in many co...
Nankya, R.
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Mulumba, J.W.
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Caracciolo, F.
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Raimondo, M.
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Schiavello, F.
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Gotor, E.
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Kikulwe, E.
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Jarvis, Devra I.
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[Yield perceptions, determinants and adoption impact of on farm varietal mixtures for common bean and banana in Uganda]
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Yield perceptions, determinants and adoption impact of on farm varietal mixtures for common bean and banana in Uganda
This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to...
Bellon, M.R.
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Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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[Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America]
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Assessing the effectiveness of projects supporting on-farm conservation of native crops: evidence from the high Andes of South America
Innovations to improve staple crop germplasm can reduce poverty and otherwise improve farmer livelihoods through complex and multiple pathways. This paper reviews the evidence for one prominent pathway—through increased incomes (in cash and kind) for poor farmers who adopt the technology.
An imp...
Alwang, Jeffrey
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Gotor, E.
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Thiele, Graham
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Hareau, G.
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Chamberlain, J.
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[Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers]
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Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers
Smallholder farmers who grow diverse landraces in centres of crop diversity contribute to sustaining the capacity of agricultural and food systems to adapt to change by maintaining crop evolution in their fields today, thus enabling humanity to continue to have the broad genetic variation needed ...
Bellon, M.R.
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Gotor, E.
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Caracciolo, F.
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[Conserving landraces and improving livelihoods: how to assess the success of on-farm conservation projects?]
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Conserving landraces and improving livelihoods: how to assess the success of on-farm conservation projects?