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Participatory plant breeding: Who did it, who does it and where?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2019

Salvatore Ceccarelli Open the ORCID record for Salvatore Ceccarelli [Opens in a new window]  and
Stefania Grando
Salvatore Ceccarelli*
Affiliation:
Consultant, Rete Semi Rurali, Scandicci 50018, Italy
Stefania Grando
Affiliation:
Independent Consultant, Ascoli Piceno 63100, Italy
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*Corresponding author. Email: ceccarelli.salvatore83@gmail.com
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Abstract

The paper provides an overview of institutions, scientists, and practitioners involved over the years in the various ways in which participatory plant breeding (PPB) is implemented, with indication of the crops involved and the countries in which it took place, or is still taking place. This might help creating a better awareness of the scope (both geographical and crop wise) of the different methodologies as well as of their advantages, disadvantages, applicability, and limitations. Through a literature survey, we found 254 publications showing that over a period of 36 years participatory approaches in plant breeding have been used in 69 countries (10 developed and 59 developing) with 47 crops including self-pollinated, cross-pollinated, and vegetatively propagated crops, by several Institutions including CGIAR centers, universities, and NGOs. We argue that there are no obvious scientific or technical reasons limiting the use of PPB, and we interpret the limited institutionalization as a difficulty to accept the paradigm shift that participation implies.

Keywords

ParticipationParticipatory variety selectionparticipatory plant breeding
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Review
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , February 2020 , pp. 1 - 11
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