Collaborative breeding with farmers can be effective

Gyawali, Sanjaya; Sunwar, S.; Subedi, Madhu; Tripathi, M. P.; Joshi, K.D.; Witcombe, J. R.

doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2006.09.013

Cited by 39 publications

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“…End-users influence the development of breeding populations according to their needs, agro-ecology, and preferences. This plant breeding approach increases efficiency because it takes into account the needs of the clients but requires different types of resources than on-station breeding, which will affect its cost-effectiveness due to varying circumstances (Gyawali et al 2007). Linking client-driven plant breeding with the seed supply system will further ensure that farmers access rapidly the desired new cultivars.…”

Section: Participatory and Client-driven Plant Breedingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Plant Breeding in the Omics Era

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Section: Participatory and Client-driven Plant Breedingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inbred Development

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2015

Plant Breeding in the Omics Era

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“…Certain farmers are known for their skill in seed selection and saving and are especially good to have on a participatory breeding team (Smith and Weltzien 2000). Working with a few enthusiastic and well trained farmers may improve the eYciency of a participatory breeding program as farmer experts can make selections for their entire community and spread the beneWts of participatory plant breeding through seed exchanges or community plots (Gyawali et al 2007;Sperling et al 1993).…”

Section: Decentralized Selection and Participatory Plant Breedingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decentralized selection and participatory approaches in plant breeding for low-input systems

2007

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“…The selection of wild plant species is a starting point for the development of new crops [6,28], can strengthen the role of custodian farmers in conservation efforts [76], and enhance participatory agronomic research and plant breeding [77]. The development of novel crops from wild species can also contribute to global efforts to preserve and enhance agrobiodiversity [6,10,78].…”

Section: The Value Of Wild Plants Including Weedsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Botanical, agronomic, and anthropological approaches can be combined to understand and improve members of the dry season plant community [10,106,107]. Mother and baby trial designs have been widely adopted in the field of participatory agronomic and plant breeding research with farmers around the world [77,86,108]. Mother trials involve all treatments, while baby trials involve a subset of these treatments including a control [109].…”

Section: Wild Plant Selection Can Benefit From Traditional Knowledge mentioning

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Mitigating dry season food insecurity in the subtropics by prospecting drought-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing weeds

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Raizada

2017

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Subtropical regions experience an extended dry season, which inhibits the growth of most crops, and as a result there is seasonal scarcity of food and fodder. Globally, almost 600 million smallholders and landless laborers experience hunger in the dry season. This situation is expected to worsen, as water shortages are expected to impact up to twothirds of humanity between 2010 and 2050. A second challenge is that 45% of the world's agricultural land is sloped and vulnerable to intense surface runoff during the transition from the dry to rainy season (e.g., monsoon). Erosion, along with nutrient mining, contributes to a net loss of soil fertility. Drought-tolerant legumes can mitigate these challenges. Legumes form symbiotic relationships with microbes that can sequester atmospheric nitrogen gas as ammonia, a process termed biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). As a result of BNF, legumes are rich in nitrogen, which is a building block of edible protein and organic nitrogen fertilizer to replenish soils. Leguminous cover crops can be used as food/feed, and as a tool to reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers, prevent erosion, and suppress undesired weeds that grow on bare, dry soil that otherwise cause female drudgery. Unfortunately, cover cropping is not a traditional practice in most subtropical regions and BNF is inhibited by drought (dry season). Subsistence farmers around the world would benefit from nutritious and drought-tolerant cover crops that can sustain nitrogen fixation in the dry season. Here, we propose that neglected crops in addition to native and naturalized plants that persist in the dry season, often considered to be weeds, may be utilized for the development of new cover crops. A detailed framework is presented for the identification, characterization, and selection of such species. As a case study, the framework was applied to the mid-hills of Nepal. A literature review, stakeholder interviews, and field site visits with farmers informed the selection of 78 candidate dry season leguminous cover crop species. It is hoped that this innovative approach will serve as a model to help alleviate food/feed shortages and improve the livelihoods of subsistence farmers in the global subtropics.

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Collaborative breeding with farmers can be effective

Cited by 39 publications

References 14 publications

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Decentralized selection and participatory approaches in plant breeding for low-input systems

Mitigating dry season food insecurity in the subtropics by prospecting drought-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing weeds

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