Participatory Maize

Participatory breeding in organic systems

In this article, we consider recent projects that use collaborative methods for hybrid maize breeding, cultivar testing, and genetic research.

Participatory Breeding and Testing Networks: A Maize Based Case ...

While many aspects of the project apply to organic breeding and testing in general, our testing network will focus on corn as a sort of case study, to help us ...

Participatory breeding in organic systems: Experiences from maize ...

Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is an inclusive and decentralized approach to cultivar develop- ment in which farmers, breeders, and other ...

On-farm performance and farmers' participatory assessment of new ...

The new stress-tolerant maize hybrids had a much better grain-yield performance than the best commercial checks under smallholder farmer growing environments ...

Participatory varietal selection to decipher what maize smallholder ...

Tabitha Kamau, 29, is scrutinizing a maize demonstration plot on which 12 different varieties were planted in November 2018.

Participatory approaches: client-oriented breeding of maize | FAO

As an alternative to centralized breeding, farmer participatory approaches using Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) ...

Participatory Research Practice at the International Maize and ... - jstor

This study assessed the extent to which participatory methods had been used by CIMMYT, and how the scientists perceived them.

Long‐term on‐farm participatory maize breeding by stratified mass ...

In the on‐farm breeding activities of the Portuguese maize participatory breeding program, as controlled pollinations are time‐consuming, the use of stratified ...

Participatory Variety Selection of Improved Mid-land Maize hybrids ...

The objective of the study was to identify high yielding and adaptable maize hybrids through participatory variety selection (PVS) there.

Analysis of participatory research projects in the International Maize ...

Through a survey of scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in 2004, this study assessed the extent to which ...

Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat ...

Results suggest that participatory approaches at the Center were largely 'functional' – that is, aimed at improving the efficiency and relevance of research – ...

Participatory plant breeding in maize for the Chhotanagpur plateau ...

This paper describes a participatory maize breeding program that is a collaborative project between Birs, Agricultural University and the KRlBHCO ...

(PDF) Participatory maize breeding in Portugal. A case study

An expedition took place in the Central region of Portugal (Beira Interior and Beira Litoral) with the purpose of collecting enduring maize landraces with ...

Market participation and subjective well-being of maize farmers

This study finds that maize farmers' market participation significantly improves their subjective well-being captured by happiness, life satisfaction, and ...

Analysis of participatory research projects in the International Maize ...

N. Lilja, M.R. Bellon, 'Analysis of participatory research projects in the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center', CIMMYT, 2012.

Second Working Day of Participatory Maize Breeding at INTA ...

One of the experiences of participatory breeding is the one that we have been promoting to develop maize adapted to diverse agricultures. This ...

Effect of Participatory Video Extension on Adoption of Drought ...

The primary intervention was a participatory video screened in a set of villages that educated farmers about DT maize varieties including appropriate planting ...

Setting Up Decision-Making Tools toward a Quality-Oriented ...

... participatory maize breeding program. Sixteen farmers' maize populations, together with 10 other maize populations chosen for comparison purposes, were ...

Maize participatory breeding in Portugal: Comparison of farmer's ...

Abstract. “VASO” is a Portuguese participatory maize breeding project (1984), where several maize landraces such as “Pigarro” have been selected ...

Participatory on Farm Evaluation of Improved Maize Varieties in ...

Participatory evaluation methodology was used to acquaint the farming communities and extension workers with the improved maize varieties for facilitating their ...