Country: Zambia
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Institutionalizing participatory plant breeding: a solution for farmers rights
By Diana Mapulanga, Communications Officer, and Edwin Abwino, Programme Assistant – CTDT Zambia Through the SD=HS project, CTDT is keenly working to foster collaborations between the breeders and smallholder farmers in the development of new crop varieties through Participatory Plant breeding using the farmer field school (FFS) approach. This is seen as a mechanism that […]
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Our current system excludes farmers’ varieties: Lessons from the farmer seed enterprises of the SD=HS project
By Juliet Nangamba, Programs Manager CTDT-Zambia Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in Shibuyunji and Chikankata district were established as FFS to participate in managing diversity based on participatory plant breeding. In 2021, some FFS were identified as successful and transitioned to participate in the farmer seed enterprise component of the SD=HS program. The learning and results […]
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Zambia Alliance for Agroecology and Biodiversity
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