Joining smallholder farmers’ traditional knowledge with metric traits to select better varieties of Ethiopian wheat

Abstract Smallholder farming communities face highly variable climatic conditions that threaten locally adapted, low-input agriculture. The benefits of modern crop breeding may fail to reach their fields when broadly adapted genetic materials do not address local requirements. To date, participatory...

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Main Authors: Chiara Mancini, Yosef G. Kidane, Dejene K. Mengistu, Melfa and Workaye Farmer Community, Mario Enrico Pè, Carlo Fadda, Matteo Dell’Acqua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07628-4