Genotype to Phenotype
Participatory rice variety improvement in Ghana II
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Background
Rice is becoming an increasingly important staple food in West Africa,
including Ghana, and the release of improved drought- and weed- tolerant
rice varieties is a priority. to date, few upland rice varieties
have been released and seed of improved varieties is not available to
small-scale farmers. Novel mechanisms to test and disseminate new
varieties are needed if the products of plant breeding are to reach
farmers |
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Collaborators
Crops Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana
Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Ghana
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Activities at PEL
Farmer- and researcher -led participatory varietal selection (PVS)
programmes implemented in different agro ecological zones in Ghana.
Farmer seed production and dissemination practices and pathways monitored. |
Intended outcomes from PEL
Participatory methods of rice variety improvement adapted in
Ghana. Adaptation and potential yield of new rice varieties
assessed.
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CRAUFURD,P.Q., HAUSER, I.E., DINGKUHN, M. (2003). Photothermal
responses of O. sativa and O. glaberrima varieties and
interspecific progenies from West Africa. Field
Crops Research 83: 313-324.
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