Varietal Choice for Food Security

There is growing interest in participatory varietal
selection and participatory client-oriented breeding
to improve the relevance of crop varieties to all
the clients. These approaches are significant
departure from the conventional breeding methods.
With increasing acceptance and popularity of these
approaches, there is a need for academic literature
to best use and promote participatory approaches in
crop breeding, variety testing and scaling up seed
system strengthening. This book provides practical
examples of using participatory crop improvement
approaches to diverse biophysical and socio-economic
environments both in high potential production
systems as well as complex diverse and risk-prone
areas. Examples of faster spread and adoption of
crop varieties by working directly with farmers are
provided. Impact of products of varieties bred by
participatory approaches on food security and
genetic diversity are also analysed. The ways of
strengthening the farmers seed system are also
suggested

Autorentext

Krishna Dev Joshi PhD (Bangor University, UK) is trained as a plant breeder. He is a Research Fellow with CAZS Natural Resources, Bangor University UK. He has experience in client-oriented breeding, participatory varietal selection and community based seed production and marketing in marginal as well as high potential production systems.

Klappentext

There is growing interest in participatory varietal selection and participatory client-oriented breeding to improve the relevance of crop varieties to all the clients. These approaches are significant departure from the conventional breeding methods. With increasing acceptance and popularity of these approaches, there is a need for academic literature to best use and promote participatory approaches in crop breeding, variety testing and scaling up seed system strengthening. This book provides practical examples of using participatory crop improvement approaches to diverse biophysical and socio-economic environments both in high potential production systems as well as complex diverse and risk-prone areas. Examples of faster spread and adoption of crop varieties by working directly with farmers are provided. Impact of products of varieties bred by participatory approaches on food security and genetic diversity are also analysed. The ways of strengthening the farmers' seed system are also suggested