Although community level seed-saving initiatives have been around for about 30 years, until recently they have received little attention in the scientific literature on climate change adaptation and plant genetic resources. Based on research experiences from various countries, this article argues...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Sthapit, B.R.
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Otieno, G.
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Shrestha, P.
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Gupta, A.
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[The roles of community seed banks in climate change adaption]
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The roles of community seed banks in climate change adaption
Crop adaptation to climate change requires accelerated crop variety introduction accompanied by recommendations to help
farmers match the best variety with their field contexts. Existing approaches to generate these recommendations lack scalability and predictivity in marginal production environm...
Etten, Jacob van
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Sousa, K. de
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Aguillar, A.
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Barrios, M.
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Coto, A.
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Dell'Acqua, M.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Gebrehawaryat, Y.
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Gevel, J.M.J. van de
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Gupta, A.
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Kiros, A.Y.
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Madriz, B.
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Mathur, P.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Mercado, L.
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Mohammed, J.N.
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Paliwal, A.
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Pe`, M.E.
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Quirós, C.F.
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Rosas, J.C.
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Sharma, N.
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Singh, S.S.
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Solanki, I.S.
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Steinke, J.
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[Crop variety management for climate adaptation supported by citizen science]
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Crop variety management for climate adaptation supported by citizen science
Coto, A.
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de Sousa, K.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Gebrehawaryat, Y.
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Gevel, J.M.J. van de
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Gotor, E.
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Gupta, A.
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Madriz, B.
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Mathur, P.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Paliwal, A.
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Quirós, C.F.
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Scafetti, F.
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Sharma, N.
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Steinke, J.
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Etten, Jacob van
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[Seeds for Needs: crop diversity for resilience]
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Seeds for Needs: crop diversity for resilience
A poster to introduce our approach to exposing farmers to more crops and their varieties, increasing first-hand knowledge about different traits and strengthening their seed systems and seed saving capacity. The poster shows how we are upscaling activities and some of the results so far, as well ...
Mittra, S.
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Mathur, P.N.
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Dadlani, M.
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Gupta, A.
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[Seeds for Needs - India: Broadening the genetic base of crops to empower farmers for climate change adaptation through crowdsourcing]
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Seeds for Needs - India: Broadening the genetic base of crops to empower farmers for climate change adaptation through crowdsourcing
Rapid climatic and socio-economic changes challenge current agricultural R&D capacity. The necessary quantum leap in knowledge generation should build on the innovation capacity of farmers themselves. A novel citizen science methodology, triadic comparisons of technologies or tricot, was implemen...
Etten, Jacob van
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Beza, E.
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Calderer, L.
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Duijvebdijk, K. van
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Fadda, Carlo
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Fantahun, B.
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Kidane, Y.G.
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Gevel, J.M.J. van de
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Gupta, A.
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Mengistu, D.K.
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Kiambi, D.
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Mathur, P.N.
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Mercado, L.
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Mittra, S.
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Mollel, M.J.
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Rosas, J.C.
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Steinke, J.
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Suchini, J.G.
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Zimmerer, Karl S.
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[First experiences with a novel farmer citizen science approach: crowdsourcing participatory variety selection through on-farm triadic comparisons of technologies (TRICOT)]
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First experiences with a novel farmer citizen science approach: crowdsourcing participatory variety selection through on-farm triadic comparisons of technologies (TRICOT)