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Participatory Approaches in Pearl Millet Breeding

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Title Participatory Approaches in Pearl Millet Breeding
 
Creator Weltzien, E
Whitaker, M L
Rattunde, H F W
Dhamotharan, M
Anders, M M
 
Subject Millets
 
Description It is the objective of this chapter to explore opportunities for involving farmers in the process of breeding varieties of an open-pollinated crop. We describe and discuss here the methods we used to interact with farmers and report results relevant to pearl millet breeding for Rajasthan. The description and analysis of methods and specific results of farmers participation in this breeding programme is divided into four sections corresponding to the four major stages of the cycle of any breeding programme (Schnell, 1982): evaluating varieties; selection among experimental varieties; generating new variability and segregating populations; and defining goals for the breeding programme. This will facilitate the comparison and application of these results to other situations.
 
Publisher Oxford & IBH Publishing
 
Contributor Witcombe, J R
Virk, D S
Farrington, J
 
Date 1998
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5033/1/RLPSRbookchap11.pdf
Weltzien, E and Whitaker, M L and Rattunde, H F W and Dhamotharan, M and Anders, M M (1998) Participatory Approaches in Pearl Millet Breeding. In: Seeds of Choice: Making the most of new varieties for small farmers. Oxford & IBH Publishing, New Delhi, India, pp. 143-170. ISBN 8120412400