Incorporating of users' and gender perspectives in farmer-led participatory plant breeding on maize: Experiences from the Western hills of Nepal
Maize production is the main source of livelihood for the farmers of the western hills of Nepal However, farmers have very limited access to improved varieties of maize, suitable to their local requirements. They cultivate a number of maize varieties maintained locally through continuous selection for preferred traits. An initial survey of the two project sites in the Gulmi district of western Nepal suggests that farmers apply a number of criteria to the selection of a particular maize population to suite their production environment and to meet their family requirements for different uses of maize. However, the survey results show that Ihe differences among farmers in the preference for and selection of a particular maize variety are not very strong. The report discusses the ways these differences have been analyzed and incorporated into Ihe design of participatory plant breeding for the improvement of local maize varieties by the farmers.
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dig-cgspace-10568-819082023-02-15T05:34:55Z Incorporating of users' and gender perspectives in farmer-led participatory plant breeding on maize: Experiences from the Western hills of Nepal Shrestha, Pratap K. Subedi, Madu Poudel, Diwakar Sunwar, Sharmila zea mays maize productivity role of women socioeconomic environment social welfare varieties decision making indigenous knowledge maíz productividad papel de la mujer entorno socioeconómico bienestar social variedades toma de decisiones fitomejoramiento conocimiento indígena Maize production is the main source of livelihood for the farmers of the western hills of Nepal However, farmers have very limited access to improved varieties of maize, suitable to their local requirements. They cultivate a number of maize varieties maintained locally through continuous selection for preferred traits. An initial survey of the two project sites in the Gulmi district of western Nepal suggests that farmers apply a number of criteria to the selection of a particular maize population to suite their production environment and to meet their family requirements for different uses of maize. However, the survey results show that Ihe differences among farmers in the preference for and selection of a particular maize variety are not very strong. The report discusses the ways these differences have been analyzed and incorporated into Ihe design of participatory plant breeding for the improvement of local maize varieties by the farmers. 2001 2017-06-20T08:59:53Z 2017-06-20T08:59:53Z Book Chapter Shrestha, Pratap K.; Subedi, Madu; Poudel, Diwakar; Sunwar, Sharmila. 2001. Incorporating of users' and gender perspectives in farmer-led participatory plant breeding on maize: Experiences from the Western hills of Nepal. In: An exchange of experiences from South and South East Asia: Proceedings of the international symposium on Participatory plant breeding and participatory plant genetic resources enhancement, Pokhara, Nepal, 1-5 May 2000. Cali: CGIAR Program for Participatory Research and Gender Analysis: 329-342. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81908 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/56523 en Open Access p. 329-342 CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional Innovation |
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Maize production is the main source of livelihood for the farmers of the western hills of Nepal However, farmers have very limited access to improved varieties of maize, suitable to their local requirements. They cultivate a number of maize varieties maintained locally through continuous selection for preferred traits. An initial survey of the two project sites in the Gulmi district of western Nepal suggests that farmers apply a number of criteria to the selection of a particular maize population to suite their production environment and to meet their family requirements for different uses of maize. However, the survey results show that Ihe differences among farmers in the preference for and selection of a particular maize variety are not very strong. The report discusses the ways these differences have been analyzed and incorporated into Ihe design of participatory plant breeding for the improvement of local maize varieties by the farmers. |
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