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022			_a1991-637X
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR10.1146
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041			_aeng
090			_aCIS-6618
100	1		_aBadstue, L.B. _8CBLO01 _91951 _gFormerly Socioeconomics Program
245	1	0	_aRe-orienting participatory plant breeding for wider impact
260			_aNigeria : _bAcademic Journals, _c2012.
500			_aPeer-review: No - Open Access: Yes|http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/editorial-policies
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aThis paper concerns the need to re-conceptualise participatory crop improvement in order to explore new ways of making the outcomes of scientific plant breeding and knowledge production more effective, accessible and relevant to those smallholders who hitherto have been unable to benefit more fully from the advances in formal crop improvement. Main perspectives on participatory crop research are reviewed and the epistemological basis of formal crop improvement is briefly discussed. Meanwhile, the notion of technology diffusion implicit in much formal plant breeding and technology development is contrasted with the reality that farmers are seldom passive adopters of technology: they are often curious and eager to acquire new knowledge and frequently carry out their own experiments. On this basis, and with emphasis on the not-uncommon discord between plant breeders? recommendations and farmers? practices, the need to move beyond the conventional model for crop improvement is highlighted. A re-thinking of participatory crop research is suggested, including a change of roles by way of a shift towards a notion of participatory crop improvement in which researchers are the participants in farmer projects.
526			_aMCRP _bFP1
536			_aSocioeconomics Program
546			_aText in English
591			_aCIMMYT Informa No. 1781
594			_aCBLO01|INT2698
595			_aCSC
650		7	_91059 _aCrop improvement _2AGROVOC
650		7	_99209 _aParticipatory research _2AGROVOC
650		7	_96415 _aTechnology transfer _2AGROVOC
700	1		_9852 _aHellin, J. J. _gFormerly Socioeconomics Program _8INT2698
700	1		_aBerthaud, J. _95291
773	0		_tAfrican Journal of Agricultural Research _gv. 7, no. 4, p. 523-533 _dNigeria : Academic Journals, 2012. _wG89502 _x1991-637X
856	4		_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10883/2224 _yOpen Access through DSpace
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