Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity

Crowdsourcing is a method of enlisting a group of people to work toward a common objective or solve a pressing issue, notably to ensure the sustainable expansion of agricultural activities. By using crowdsourcing, it is feasible to select the finest suggestions made by a large number of responders...

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Autores principales: Gebrehawaryat, Yosef, Hailemariam, Bogale Nigir, Mulugeta Tilahun
Formato: Manual
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127209
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author Gebrehawaryat, Yosef
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Mulugeta Tilahun
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description Crowdsourcing is a method of enlisting a group of people to work toward a common objective or solve a pressing issue, notably to ensure the sustainable expansion of agricultural activities. By using crowdsourcing, it is feasible to select the finest suggestions made by a large number of responders as opposed to depending simply on the credentials and experience of one individual. By seeking ideas and solutions from a broad group of individuals, crowdsourcing is superior to internal thought processes in many ways. This technique for variety selection improves seed systems by enhancing variety recommendations, enhancing on-farm testing, engaging and empowering farmers, aiding in the diversification of seed systems, supporting the scaling up of on-farm agricultural research, allowing women to make their own variety selections, supplying business opportunities for farmers, women, and young people, and helping researchers learn farmers' variety preferences. The primary techniques for putting crowdsourcing into practice include component identification, identifying farmers who are receiving various mixtures of varieties, seed preparation, site selection and planting, cultivation, measurements and observations, and proper harvesting.
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spelling CGSpace1272092025-11-05T12:41:59Z Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity Gebrehawaryat, Yosef Hailemariam, Bogale Nigir Mulugeta Tilahun seed development nutrition crop production desarrollo de la semilla nutrición producción de productos agrícolas Crowdsourcing is a method of enlisting a group of people to work toward a common objective or solve a pressing issue, notably to ensure the sustainable expansion of agricultural activities. By using crowdsourcing, it is feasible to select the finest suggestions made by a large number of responders as opposed to depending simply on the credentials and experience of one individual. By seeking ideas and solutions from a broad group of individuals, crowdsourcing is superior to internal thought processes in many ways. This technique for variety selection improves seed systems by enhancing variety recommendations, enhancing on-farm testing, engaging and empowering farmers, aiding in the diversification of seed systems, supporting the scaling up of on-farm agricultural research, allowing women to make their own variety selections, supplying business opportunities for farmers, women, and young people, and helping researchers learn farmers' variety preferences. The primary techniques for putting crowdsourcing into practice include component identification, identifying farmers who are receiving various mixtures of varieties, seed preparation, site selection and planting, cultivation, measurements and observations, and proper harvesting. 2022-10 2023-01-16T14:52:08Z 2023-01-16T14:52:08Z Manual https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127209 en Open Access application/pdf Gebrehawaryat, Y.; Hailemariam, B.N.; Mulugeta, T (2022) Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity. 26 p.
spellingShingle seed development
nutrition
crop production
desarrollo de la semilla
nutrición
producción de productos agrícolas
Gebrehawaryat, Yosef
Hailemariam, Bogale Nigir
Mulugeta Tilahun
Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity
title Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity
title_full Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity
title_fullStr Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity
title_full_unstemmed Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity
title_short Crowdsourcing seed-based innovations to improve diversity, nutrition and crop productivity
title_sort crowdsourcing seed based innovations to improve diversity nutrition and crop productivity
topic seed development
nutrition
crop production
desarrollo de la semilla
nutrición
producción de productos agrícolas
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