Bringing Farmers Back into Breeding: Experiences with Participatory Plant Breeding and Challenges for Institutionalisation

Almekinders, Conny; Hardon, Jaap. (Eds) 2006. Bringing Farmers Back into Breeding: Experiences with Participatory Plant Breeding and Challenges for Institutionalisation. AgroSpecial 5. Agromisa, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB). It reviews the approach from both a technical and a social perspective and identifies the challenges for incorporating PPB in national plant breeding regimes...