Development and rapid adoption of submergence-tolerant (Sub1) rice varieties

DJ Mackill, AM Ismail, US Singh, RV Labios… - Advances in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Flooding is a frequent hazard in lowland rice environments and is expected to intensify with
climate change. Short-term submergence regularly affects over 20 million ha of rice in the …

Participatory plant breeding research: opportunities and challenges for the international crop improvement system

ML Morris, MR Bellon - Euphytica, 2004 - Springer
This paper describes the current state of international plant breeding research and explains
why the centralized global approach to germplasm improvement that was so successful in …

Collaboration of farmers and breeders: Participatory crop improvement in perspective

CJM Almekinders, A Elings - Euphytica, 2001 - Springer
Abstract Participatory Crop Improvement (PCI) has developed over the past decade as an
alternative and complementary breeding approach to Formal Crop Improvement (FCI). In …

Participatory variety development for sorghum in Burkina Faso: Farmers' selection and farmers' criteria

K Vom Brocke, G Trouche, E Weltzien… - Field Crops …, 2010 - Elsevier
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is the staple crop of Burkina Faso in West Africa
where guinea race landraces are grown in low-input cropping systems. National and …

[HTML][HTML] Off-farm employment increases women's empowerment: Evidence from rice farms in the Philippines

R Maligalig, M Demont, WJ Umberger, A Peralta - Journal of Rural Studies, 2019 - Elsevier
We examined intrahousehold decision making with respect to household investment in
portfolios of future rice varietal trait improvements (VTIs) to increase farm households' …

[图书][B] Advances in agronomy

DL Sparks - 2012 - books.google.com
Advances in Agronomy continues to be recognized as a leading reference and a first-rate
source for the latest research in agronomy. As always, the subjects covered are varied and …

Submergence risks and farmers' preferences: implications for breeding Sub1 rice in Southeast Asia

DO Manzanilla, TR Paris, GV Vergara, AM Ismail… - Agricultural …, 2011 - Elsevier
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) provides a life support system to millions of resource-poor farmers in
rainfed environments; however, yields are very low because of various biotic and abiotic …

Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on women farmers: a case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India

TR Paris, A Singh, AD Cueno, VN Singh - Experimental Agriculture, 2008 - cambridge.org
This paper assesses farmer adoption of rice varieties and new genotypes introduced
through participatory varietal selection (PVS) in villages which represent submergence-and …

Participatory plant breeding is better described as highly client-oriented plant breeding. II. Optional farmer collaboration in the segregating generations

JR Witcombe, S Gyawali, S Sunwar… - Experimental …, 2006 - cambridge.org
Many public-sector breeding programmes do not use explicit techniques to orient their
programmes close to their clients' needs. Participatory techniques can be used to achieve …

Participatory varietal selection (PVS): a" bottom-up" breeding approach helps rice farmers in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar.

MA Rahman, AA Thant, M Win… - SABRAO Journal of …, 2015 - search.ebscohost.com
The participatory varietal selection approach is the first attempt in Myanmar through
collaborative efforts from IRRI-LIFT. Sixteen and 12 varieties/lines were evaluated in the …