Giving new sorghum variety options to resource-poor farmers in Nicaragua through participatory varietal selection

In the dry areas of Nicaragua, white-grain sorghum is an important subsistence crop for resource-poor farmers. From 2002 to 2007, participatory varietal selection (PVS) was implemented in three regions with the aim of identifying new varieties matching small farmers' needs. This paper describes the...

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Autores principales: Trouche, G., Brocke, Kirsten vom, Aguirre Acuña, S., Chow, Z
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42510

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