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Yiching Song (editor) and
Ronnie Vernooy (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Practical Action Pub
Publication date
November 30, 2010
Pages
136
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781853397059
ISBN-10
1853397059
Dimensions
0.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$31.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Farmers and researchers too often live and work in different realities. Researchers breed plant hybrids in the laboratory that are successful only under ideal conditions, requiring just the right inputs of water, fertilizer, and pesticides. For resource-poor farmers, however, such conditions simply donât exist. As a result, they either obtain poor results from high-tech seeds or continue to do the best they can with local varieties.
Seeds and Synergies reflects on the innovative efforts of a group of Chinese researchers and extension agents to connect scientists and farmers. Their action research has enabled indigenous women and men in local communities to improve maize varieties jointly with professional plant breeders. This has invigorated maize production, created new livelihoods, and strengthened organizational capacities. The research has also resulted in policy changes in plant breeding, in the conservation of agricultural biodiversity, in the protection of indigenous knowledge, in farmer organization, and in the provision of services, notably extension.
This book will be of particular interest to rural development scholars, researchers, teachers and trainers, and field-level practitioners.
Seeds and Synergies reflects on the innovative efforts of a group of Chinese researchers and extension agents to connect scientists and farmers. Their action research has enabled indigenous women and men in local communities to improve maize varieties jointly with professional plant breeders. This has invigorated maize production, created new livelihoods, and strengthened organizational capacities. The research has also resulted in policy changes in plant breeding, in the conservation of agricultural biodiversity, in the protection of indigenous knowledge, in farmer organization, and in the provision of services, notably extension.
This book will be of particular interest to rural development scholars, researchers, teachers and trainers, and field-level practitioners.
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from Practical Action Pub (November 30, 2010)
9781853397059 | details & prices | 136 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $31.95
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