Participatory plant breeding PPB is a relatively new approach to germplasm development. Overview summaries of cases to date show that most PPB programs were begun within the last 10 years, whether
located in public-sector or nongovemment NGO crop-improvement programs. Some have argued that
commer...
Sperling, L.
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Ashby, J.A.
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Smith, Margaret E.
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Weltzien, Eva
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McGuire, Shawn
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[Participatory plant breeding: A framework for analyzing diverse approaches]
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Participatory plant breeding: A framework for analyzing diverse approaches
Sperling, L.
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Ashby, J.A.
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Weltzien, Eva
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Smith, M.E.
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McGrath, S.
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[Base-broadening for client-oriented impact: insights drawn from participatory plant breeding field experience]
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Base-broadening for client-oriented impact: insights drawn from participatory plant breeding field experience
This paper presents information from a study on farmers' seed-management practices growing pearl millet in Rajasthan, India. It describes farmers' own crop-improvement activities in regard to yield, quality, and diversity of pearl millet, with emphasis on seed-management strategies, such as intro...
Brocke, Kirsten vom
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Christinck, Anja
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Weltzien, Eva
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[Opportunities and constraints for participatory plant breeding: Farmers' seed-management strategies and their effect on pearl millet populations in Rajasthan, India]
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Opportunities and constraints for participatory plant breeding: Farmers' seed-management strategies and their effect on pearl millet populations in Rajasthan, India
Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) involves scientists, farmers, and others, such as consumers, extensionists, vendors, industry, and rural cooperatives in plant breeding research. It is termed `participatory' because many actors, and especially the users, can have a research role in all major st...
Sperling, L.
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Ashby, J.A.
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Smith, M.E.
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Weltzien, Eva
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McGrath, S.
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[A framework for analyzing participatory plant breeding approaches and results]
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A framework for analyzing participatory plant breeding approaches and results
Weltzien, Eva
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Smith, M.E.
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Meitzner, LS
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Sperling, L.
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[Technical and institutional issues in participatory plant breeding-from the perspective of formal plant breeding: a global analysis of issues, results, and current experience]
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Technical and institutional issues in participatory plant breeding-from the perspective of formal plant breeding: a global analysis of issues, results, and current experience