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Farmer participatory varietal selection in pearl millet: Experience across some states of Northern Nigeria

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Title Farmer participatory varietal selection in pearl millet: Experience across some states of Northern Nigeria
 
Creator Angarawai, Ignatius
 
Contributor Bukar, B.
Olabanji, Oluwasina G.
Nkama, Iro
Haussmann, Bettina
Weltzien, Eva
Gwadi, K.W.
Gubio, T.
Yahaya, Y.
 
Subject participatory
varietal selection
ranking.
diversity
Pearl millet
 
Description Farmers participation in the process of on-farm research does not only enrich the speed up of
information gathering, but also result in large scale adoption of the product of research. A small farmer
deals with a variable environment and has multiple production objectives that will affect his or her
choice of crops and selection of genotypes. In areas where farmers are unfamiliar with available
improved varieties, there is need of conducting effective variety evaluations with farmers. The
usefulness of the participatory approach for identifying cultivars for harsh environments, which are
difficult to replicate in research stations, has been recognized by the crop breeders. Participatory plant
breeding/selection has shown success in identifying more number of preferred varieties by farmers in
shorter time (than the conventional system), in accelerating their dissemination and increasing cultivar
diversity. This paper describes how plant breeders and farmers worked together to test and selected
farmers preferred pearl millet varieties; PE05684 and PE05532 from a diverse pearl millet accessions in
a participatory varietal selection program conducted across some states of Northern Nigeria.
 
Date 2016-04-21
2017-03-15T04:02:55Z
2017-03-15T04:02:55Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/9460
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/zlk46m39
Ignatius Angarawai, B. Bukar, Oluwasina G. Olabanji, Iro Nkama, Bettina Haussmann, Eva Weltzien, K. W. Gwadi, T. Gubio, Y. Yahaya. (21/4/2016). Farmer participatory varietal selection in pearl millet: Experience across some states of Northern Nigeria. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 11 (16), pp. 1421-1425.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6485
Open access
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Academic Journals
 
Source African Journal of Agricultural Research;11,(2016) Pagination 1421,1425