Varietal selection in marginal agroecological niches and cultural landscapes: the case of rice in the Togo Hills

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Lisbonen
cg.contributor.crpRice
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryTogo
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierBéla Teeken: 0000-0002-3150-1532
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2021.1878405en
cg.identifier.iitathemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2168-3565en
cg.issue8en
cg.journalAgroecology and Sustainable Food Systemsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaAGRIBUSINESSen
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMYen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
cg.volume45en
dc.contributor.authorTeeken, Bélaen
dc.contributor.authorTemudo, M.P.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T10:03:51Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-08T10:03:51Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/112908
dc.titleVarietal selection in marginal agroecological niches and cultural landscapes: the case of rice in the Togo Hillsen
dcterms.abstractThe Togo Hills borderland between Ghana and Togo is known for its cultural and ecological diversity and dynamic socio-political history. In this setting, African rice (Oryza glaberrima) is cultivated together with other local cultivars of Asian rice (O. sativa), and smallholders are keen innovators. This article presents the results of participatory variety selection (PVS) trials, in four different cultural and ecological settings within the Togo Hills, designed to understand farmers’ innovation and variety choice. Farmers belonging to different ethnic groups organized their trials and evaluated fourteen farmer varieties from six West-African countries and one Nerica variety. The way the PVS trials took shape and evaluation was conducted reflected the socio-cultural and economic differences between the settings. Despite these differences, farmers showed a broad interest and preference for different varieties based on different criteria, related to agroecological conditions, household consumption needs, market demands and/or ritual purposes. We contend that ― in a period of climate crisis, bio- and agrobiodiversity depletion, rapid social change and market instability ― plant breeding in West Africa must be participatory, decenter from a focus on high external input agriculture and include farmers’ varieties, better contributing to food security, quality, and nutrition, while strengthening agroecological practices.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2021-02-19
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTeeken, B. & Temudo, M.P. (2021). Varietal selection in marginal agroecological niches and cultural landscapes: the case of rice in the Togo Hills. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 1-30.en
dcterms.extentp. 1109-1138en
dcterms.issued2021-09-14
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectexperimentationen
dcterms.subjectcrop improvementen
dcterms.subjectoryzaen
dcterms.subjectagroecologyen
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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