Seeds and Synergies : Innovation in rural development in China
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1853397059
ISBN-13
9781853397059
Publisher
Practical Action Publishing
Imprint
Practical Action Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 30th, 2010
Print length
152 Pages
Weight
256 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.70 x 0.90 cms
Product Classification:
Development studiesAgriculture & related industries
Ksh 3,350.00
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Seeds and Synergies reflects on the innovative efforts of a group of Chinese researchers and extension agents to connect scientists and farmers. This book will be of particular interest to rural development scholars, researchers, teachers and trainers, and field-level practitioners.
Farmers and researchers too often live and work in different realities. Researchers breed plant hybrids in the laboratory that are successful only under ideal conditions, requiring just the right inputs of water, fertilizer, and pesticides. For resource-poor farmers, however, such conditions simply don’t exist. As a result, they either obtain poor results from high-tech seeds or continue to do the best they can with local varieties. Seeds and Synergies reflects on the innovative efforts of a group of Chinese researchers and extension agents to connect scientists and farmers. Their action research has enabled indigenous women and men in local communities to improve maize varieties jointly with professional plant breeders. This has invigorated maize production, created new livelihoods, and strengthened organizational capacities. The research has also resulted in policy changes in plant breeding, in the conservation of agricultural biodiversity, in the protection of indigenous knowledge, in farmer organization, and in the provision of services, notably extension. This book will be of particular interest to rural development scholars, researchers, teachers and trainers, and field-level practitioners.
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