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| Name | Participatory Research in Cassava Breeding with Farmers in Northeast Brazil |
| Description | Fukuda, W and N. Saad. 2000. Participatory Research in Cassava Breeding with Farmers in Northeast Brazil. Working Document No. 14. PRGA Program. Cali, Colombia.Participatory research with farmers is gaining acceptance in institutions and programs that seek to develop technologies for sustainable development in rural areas. Among these institutions are the breeding programs in several Latin American and Caribbean countries. The Participatory Research in Cassava Breeding (IPMY) procedure─initially developed by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in collaboration with the Colombian Agricultural and Livestock Research Corporation (CORPOICA) in the Caribbean coastal region of Colombia─has been adopted and/or adapted and applied in several countries. This document presents a participatory cassava breeding experience with farmers from northeastern Brazil, implemented by the Brazilian Agricultural and Livestock Research Agency-National Center for Research on Cassava and Fruits (EMBRAPA-CNPMF) in collaboration with the regional rural extension services, NGOs, farmers’ associations and individual farmers. The experience began with a pilot project in nine communities of a municipality in the Northeast; today, seven years later, the initiative has supported a total of 305 participatory trials in 70 communities of 4 states in the region. Eight varieties have been released, and another dozen clones with a high probability of acceptance have been identified. Many farmers are already growing these clones and testing others and there has been a constant demand from farmers and institutions in the region to continue this work. The expansion phases of the Project, what was learned during the process and the results obtained thus far are described. The strengths and weaknesses of the work are also analyzed, and some of the challenges and possible directions in the immediate future are highlighted. |
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