Christinck, A. K. vom Brocke and E. Weltzien Rattunde. 2002. Understanding farmers'''' seed management: Entry point for participatory plant breeding and sustainable seed supply. Presentation from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

Christinck, A. K. vom Brocke and E. Weltzien Rattunde. 2002. Understanding farmers'''' seed management: Entry point for participatory plant breeding and sustainable seed supply. Presentation from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis. 2003. The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. Proceedings of a workshop co-hosted by the CGIAR System-wide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA) and the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP). Rome, Italy, September 30 - October 4, 2002

Fukuda, W., C. Fukuda and N. Saad. 2002. Scaling up of participatory cassava breeding in Brazil: A case study from the Northeast. EMBPRAPA/CIAT/PRGA. Presentation from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

Fukuda, W., C. Fukuda and N. Saad. 2002. Scaling up of participatory cassava breeding in Brazil: A case study from the Northeast. EMBPRAPA/CIAT/PRGA. Extended abstract from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

Anon. 2001. Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory Methods in Plant Breeding. Technical Report to the CGIAR Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis regarding the Workshop: Quantitative Analysis of Data from Participatory methods in Plant Breeding held from August 23-25, 2001 in the Justus Liebig University. Prepared by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). November 28, 2001.

Ashby J; Lilja N. 4th International Crop Science Congress “New Directions for a Diverse Planet,” 26 September to 1 October 2004, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Participatory research approaches that involve clients in the process of enquiry are widely practised today in many different branches of agriculture ranging from integrated pest management to applied biotechnology. This paper focuses on participatory plant breeding to show how participatory research increases benefits and is more effective at reaching women and the poor. Used in plant breeding, PR is seen to improve research efficiency and leads to more acceptable varieties thus accelerating adoption. This is probably the most compelling incentive for researchers to use this approach. Although often charaterized as expensive, PR also leads to changes in costs that do not lower breeding program cost benefit ratios and may improve these. The paper shows that a careful choice of research goals, targeting of environments and selection of user communities is required in order for PR to have an impact. Also a systematic understanding of different types of participation is needed to select appropriate PR techniques and tools. The paper concludes that PR or client-driven research when used appropriately and expertly, is a proven complement to conventional non-participatory research approaches.

Aw-Hassan A. Participatory research. Lecture at the Consultative Workshop on Participatory Plant Breeding (CONPAB) a Specific Support Action funded by the European Commission (Contract no. INCO-CT-2003-502444), April-May.

Lilja, N, and J. Ashby. 2002. Impact of Participatory Plant Breeding: An Overview. PRGA/CIAT. Presentation from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

PRGA. 2000. Fitomejoramiento Participativo en América Latina y el Caribe: Memorias de un simposio internacional. (1999: Quito, Ecuador). Cali, Colombia. Aspectos Técnicos e Institucionales del Fitomejoramiento Participativo desde la Perspectiva del Sector Informal. Un análisis integral de temas, resultados y experiencias actuales. Resumen Ejecutivo.

Vom Brocke, K. 2002. Evaluation of data from participatory selection in segregating sorghum material in two areas of Burkina Faso. Extended abstract to the presentation given at The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy Our text provides results of on-farm breeding work. Two trials were conducted in different agro-ecological zones, each comprising F3/F4 sorghum lines sown in a 8 x 8 lattice design.

Vom Brocke, K., G. Trouche, J. Singbeogo, R. Kaboré and C. Barro. 2002. Data evaluation from participatory selection in segregating material of sorghum in two areas in Burkina Faso. First experiences from the project “Preservation and enhancement of sorghum biodiversity in Mali and Burkina Faso”. CIRAD/INERA Presentation from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

Saad, N., L.A. Hernández and N. Morante. 2001. Complementing Farmers' Genetic Knowledge: Farmer Breeding Workshop in Turipaná, Colombia. CIAT-IPRA, CORPOICA, DFID, PRGA.Genetic conservation and improvement depends (among other things) on the action of local people. We know that farmers are extremely knowledgeable about their crops and that they continuously experiment with them and with new materials arriving from various sources. Certain farmers are locally recognised as having “expert” knowledge about agro-biodiversity. They are the farmers who stand out during participatory breeding and conservation exercises for their knowledge, experience, interest and dedication to plant genetic resources. One way of ensuring that agrobiodiversity is not lost is to encourage these local experts to continue experimenting with, conserving and enhancing their genetic resources. There are many ways of going about this. This workshop explored the feasibility and methods for complementing farmer experts’ knowledge and skills in the enhancement and conservation of agrobiodiversity.The idea of using skill enhancement as a way of encouraging local people to conserve and enhance biodiversity is not new, but it is one that has not been studied systematically or in-depth. This workshop was planned as part of a project called "Participatory Plant Breeding with Women and Small Farmers in Africa and Latin America," funded by DfID andbackstopped by CIAT and the PRGA Program. During the first phases of this project in the Latin American site – the North Coast Region of Colombia, farmers evaluated 32 cassava clones, of which they selected 5. During the final phase of the project a select group of the participating farmers attended the workshop in order to learn how to make crosses with these five clones. The specific objectives of the workshop were: to show the farmer participants the origins of experimental varieties (including those that they had been evaluating during the project); to explore the farmers’ knowledge about genetics and breeding; to find out if the participants consider it useful to know how to make crosses and about heredity; to enhance the participants’ skills in making crosses, obtaining seed, (and selecting in populations); to reaffirm the farmers’ varietal selection skills; and to motivate the participants to develop an action plan to follow-up the workshop in their communities. This article is a brief account of the workshop – the participants, the methodology and the lessons that we learned in this first attempt at enhancing farmerbreeders skills in the North Coast Region of Colombia.

Description: De Groote, H. and M. Siambi. 2002. Comparing and integrating farmers'' and breeders'' evaluations of maize varieties in East Africa. Presentation from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

De Groote, H. and M. Siambi. 2002. Comparing and integrating farmers'' and breeders'' evaluations of maize varieties in East Africa. Extended abstract from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

Steele, K., D. Virk, S. Prasad, R. Kumar, D. Singh, J. Gangwar and J. Witcombe. 2002. Combining PPB and marker-assisted selection: strategies and experiences with rice. Extended abstract from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

Lilja, N., A. Aw-Hassan, H. Salahieh, J. Ashby, S. Ceccarelli and S. Grando. 2002. Benefits and Costs of Decentralized Participatory Barley Breeding at ICARDA, Syria. PRGA/ICARDA Presentation from: The Quality of Science in Participatory Plant Breeding. A workshop hosted by the PRGA and the System-wide Genetic Resources Program (convened at IPGRI). September 30-October 4, 2002, IPGRI, Rome, Italy.

CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis. 2001. An Exchange of Experiences from South and South East Asia. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Participatory Plant Breeding and Participatory Plant Genetic Resource Enhancement. Pokhara, Nepal.

PRGA. 2002. Achieving Impact Through Participatory Plant Breeding: Linking quality participation with "quality science". Powerpoint presentation. Full Document.