Opportunities and constraints for participatory plant breeding: Farmers' seed-management strategies and their effect on pearl millet populations in Rajasthan, India
This paper presents information from a study on farmers' seed-management practices growing pearl millet in Rajasthan, India. It describes farmers' own crop-improvement activities in regard to yield, quality, and diversity of pearl millet, with emphasis on seed-management strategies, such as introgre...
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| Format: | Book Chapter |
| Language: | Inglés |
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CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation
2001
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81889 |
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