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Demand and supply of crop infraspecific diversity on farms: towards a policy framework for on-farm conservation
(CIMMYT, 2001)
Interest is increasing worldwide in on-farm conservation as a component of a strategy to conserve crop genetic resources. On-farm conservation may require outside support to small-scale farmers in areas of crop domestication ...
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Identifying appropriate germplasm for participatory breeding: an example from the central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 2000)
Identifying the appropriate germplasm to be improved is a key component of any participatory breeding effort because of its implications for impacts on social welfare and genetic diversity. This paper describes a method ...
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Linking global and local approaches to agricultural technology development: the role of participatory plant breeding research in the CGIAR
(CIMMYT, 2002)
This paper describes the current state of international plant breeding research and explains why centralized approach to germplasm improvement, so successful in the past, is being transformed by decentralized local breeding ...
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Social relations and seed transactions among smallscale maize farmers in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
(CIMMYT, 2002)
This paper explores social arrangements associated with seed transactions among smallscale maize farmers in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico, a centre of crop genetic diversity. A formal seed distribution system has ...