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Farmer participatory varietal selection (PVS) and dissemination activities in Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal

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Title Farmer participatory varietal selection (PVS) and dissemination activities in Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal
 
Creator Gonsalves, Julian F.
 
Subject participatory approaches
agriculture
groundnuts
plant breeding
 
Description Describes experiences of: ICRISAT, Common Fund for Commodities, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Institut d’Economie Rurale, Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, and Institute for Agricultural Research with Participatory varietal selection
Thirty-nine (39) new varieties were tested by farmers under their management and resources across Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal under the CFC funded Groundnut Seed Project the four countries. Out of the varieties tested, 17 were selected based on the farmers’ village level criteria which included high pod and fodder yield, resistance to diseases, taste, oil content, drought tolerance and marketability. More than 30 farmers’ associations and small scale seed producers emerged and are producing and distributing seed of selected varieties in the pilot areas. Participation of farmers in variety selection is major determinant of variety adoption.
 
Date 2013
2014-06-11T15:38:56Z
2014-06-11T15:38:56Z
 
Type Case Study
 
Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36052
https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/33719
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Publisher CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security