Integrating Conventional and Participatory Crop Improvement for Smallholder Agriculture Using the Seeds for Needs Approach: A Review

Integrating Conventional and Participatory Crop Improvement for Smallholder Agriculture Using the Seeds for Needs Approach: A Review

In response to the climate change, it is essential to provide smallholder farmers with improved field crop genotypes that may increase the resilience of their farming system. This requires a fast turnover of varieties in a system capable of injecting significant amounts of genetic diversity into pro...

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Main Authors: Carlo Fadda, Dejene K. Mengistu, Yosef G. Kidane, Matteo Dell’Acqua, Mario Enrico Pè, Jacob Van Etten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
Seeds for Needs
genetic diversity
smallholder farmers
Ethiopia
participatory crop improvement
a high-tech crop improvement
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2020.559515/full

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