PARTICIPATORY PLANT BREEDING IS BETTER DESCRIBED AS HIGHLY CLIENT-ORIENTED PLANT BREEDING. II. OPTIONAL FARMER COLLABORATION IN THE SEGREGATING GENERATIONS

• DOI: 10.1017/s0014479705003091
• Publication Date: 2006-01-16T09:46:15Z
• Authors: J. R. WITCOMBE; S. GYAWALI; S. SUNWAR; B. R. STHAPIT; K. D. JOSHI
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 0106 biological sciences; 01 natural sciences

Many public-sector breeding programmes do not use explicit techniques to orient their close clients' needs. Participatory can be used achieve high client orientation but these have involve farmers making selections during the segregating generations. This particularly applies when a sound initial market survey has been made or learning from participatory varietal selection (PVS) programme provides feedback scientists. However, some published results on by in generations (collaborative selection) indicate that it produce appropriate varieties more effectively than less collaborative research. There is also evidence, few cases reported literature, cost-effective. Alternative, collaborative, approaches are effective. Consultative forms of farmer participation, i.e. where evaluate material grown scientists, aid widely applicable because they demand fewer resources methods. For time-consuming tasks, such as aromatic rice material, most participation contractual i.e., paid for work. Mainly using examples our research Nepal, we present particular circumstances which involvement desirable essential. These include: occurrence failure (where usual mechanisms supply and failed so there no incentive breed new varieties) only met actively involving process; cost advantages – this determined available institute undertaking plant research; grain quality both important complex set factors difficult measure laboratory; objective learn detail about farmers' criteria better needs; goal empower farmers.