Traditional farming systems and conservation of local cultivars and associated indigenous knowledge are under threat and growing pressure resulting in genetic erosion of crop diversity. These systems are an essential component of sustainable crop production, household income and human nutrition f...
Grum, M.
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Gyasi, E.A.
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Osei, C.
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Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Gordana
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Bioversity International
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[Evaluation of best practices for landrace conservation: farmer evaluation]
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Evaluation of best practices for landrace conservation: farmer evaluation
This report outlines a participatory approach for mapping actors along value chains. The methodology provides novel ideas on how to combine value chain analysis with participatory statistics and visual network research approaches, to generate valuable insights about complex value chains together ...
Stein, C.
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Barron, Jennie
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[Mapping actors along value chains: integrating visual network research and participatory statistics into value chain analysis]
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Mapping actors along value chains: integrating visual network research and participatory statistics into value chain analysis
Fano, H.
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Ordinola, M.
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Velasco, C.
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[Agregando valor a las papas nativas en el Perú: Un análisis desde el enfoque de sistemas de innovacion.]
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Agregando valor a las papas nativas en el Perú: Un análisis desde el enfoque de sistemas de innovacion.
This manual presents methods that enable agricultural scientist and farmers to
evaluate technologies/practices jointly. The methods are specifically designed for
participatory research on germplasm and soil fertility technologies, and they are illustrated
with actual examples from three research ...
Bellon, Mauricio
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[Participatory research methods for technology evaluation: a manual for scientists working with farmers]
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Participatory research methods for technology evaluation: a manual for scientists working with farmers
Although participatory plant breeding is gaining greater acceptance worldwide, the techniques needed to assess it are not well known. The papers in this volume address the three themes of the workshop: designing and analyzing joint experiments involving variety evaluation by farmers; identifying ...
Bellon, M.
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Reeves, J.
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[Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory Methods in Plant Breeding]
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Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory Methods in Plant Breeding