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

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    Date
    2021-02-19
    Author
    Teeken, B.
    Temudo, M.P.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    The 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.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2021.1878405
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7069
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Béla Teekenhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3150-1532
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2021.1878405
    Research Themes
    Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Agronomy; Farming Systems
    Agrovoc Terms
    Farmers; Experimentation; Crop Improvement; Oryza; Agroecology
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Ghana; Togo
    Hubs
    Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
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