This paper describes a participatory plant-breeding (PPB) program for maize in a rural development project financed by the United Kingdom's Department of International Development (DFID) and the Government of India and executed by the Krishak Bharati Cooperative (KRIBHCO). The program was targete...
Goyal, S.N.
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Joshi, A.
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Witcombe, John R.
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[Participatory crop improvement in maize in Gujarat, India]
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Participatory crop improvement in maize in Gujarat, India
Participatory varietal selection (PVS) was used to try to identify an alternative to the most popular rice variety, Pusa 44, in the Patiala district of the Punjab. Pusa 44 (released in 1993 in India but not recommended for the Punjab) is grown in over 50% of the rice area in Patiala. It is highly...
Mali, S.S.
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Virk, Daljit S.
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Singh, K.B.
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Witcombe, John R.
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[Participatory varietal selection in rice in the Punjab]
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Participatory varietal selection in rice in the Punjab
A survey of nearly 1500 households in the high-potential production system (HPPSs) of the Chitwan and Nawalparasi districts of Nepal showed gre.t physical and socioeconomic diversity. Varietal diversity was low in all the crops studied and varied according to location in main-season rice. Masuli ...
Joshi, Krishna D.
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Witcombe, John R.
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[Participatory varietal selection, food security, and varietal diversity in a high-potential production system in Nepal]
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Participatory varietal selection, food security, and varietal diversity in a high-potential production system in Nepal
Sorghum is the third most important cereal crop in India and, over both the rainy (kharif) and the Post-rainy (rabi) seasons, totals a combined area of more than 11 million ha. Rabí sorghum is important for both food and fodder in the drought-prone areas of the states of Maharashtra (3.3 million ...
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L. Gaertn.) is an important small millet for rainfed areas in India. A dozen varieties have been released for cultivation but there is little adoption by farmers, particularly in the Chitradurga and Bellary districts of Karnataka state where the present study was ...
Halaswamy, B.H.
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Gowda, B.T.S.
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Seetharam, A.
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Virk, Daljit S.
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Witcombe, John R.
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[Participatory varietal selection in finger millet]
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Participatory varietal selection in finger millet