Participatory Research Approach for Resource Poor Farmers: A Success Story of White Maize in Rajaslhan, India
Results of Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRAs) showed that resource-poor tribal farmers lack awareness about high yielding maize varieties. This is a major reason for the low adoption of improved varieties, and hence, low productivity. PRAs were conducted to identify farmers needs in a variety. PRA results indicate that available varieties do not satisfy farmers preference and that early maturing, white, flint maize is their preferred variety for home consumption. Initiating Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) trials identified the early maturing white composite, GM4-6, as promising. The participatory breeding trials were conducted at farmers fields under their own management. Applying breeding approaches and farmers perceptions in mother and baby trials, GM-6 was observed as the most preferred among white maize composites.
Maize PRA PVS PPB Mother trial Baby trial
P. Rokadia S. K. Kaushik J. R. Witcombe J. P. Yadvendra
ARS, MPUAT, Banswara, Rajasthan, India Witcombe, DFID, PSP, CAZS, Univ. of Wales, Bangor LL57 2UW, UK Component-C, GVT, Dahod, Gujrat, India
国际会议
第九届亚洲玉米大会(the Ninth Asian Regional Maize Workshop)
北京
英文
338-341
2005-09-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）