Proceeding of a workshop on participatory plant breeding, 2629 july 1995, wageningen, the netherlands. Participatory plant breeding ppb aims to restore the place of farmers in crop variety development by bringing together farmers, plant breeders and other partners in the plant breeding process. Participatory plant breeding exploits the potential gains of breeding for specific adaptation through decentralized selection, defined as selection in the target environment, and is the ultimate conceptual consequence of a positive interpretation of genotype x environment interactions. There are a variety of reasons why this can be helpful. Maize is a staple food crop in many developing countries. These participatory varietal selection pvs programmes have several characteristics in common. Participatory plant breeding and organic agriculture. Broadly, ppb is the development of a plant breeding program in collaboration between breeders and farmers, marketers, processors, consumers. The impact of participatory plant breeding ppb on landrace diversity. Still another group puts weight to the fact that farming and researcher communities are working together and use the epithet.
The aim was to breed acceptable varieties with minimum use of resources and to utilize farmers knowledge in the ppb programme. Broadly, participatory plant breeding ppb is the development of a plant breeding program in collaboration between breeders and farmers, marketers, processors, consumers, and policy makers food security, health and nutrition, employmentceccarelli, 2012. Pdf advantages and disadvantages of participatory plant. Survey on the requirements in organic plant breeding. Participatory research and onfarm management of agricultural biodiversity in europe v contents note on the author vi acknowledgements vii foreword by colin tudge ix summary 1 1. What is participatory plant breeding ppb ppb is a collaboration between breeding institutions and farmers that aims to develop cultivars relevant to farmers. Although consumers appreciate the genetic diversity among tomato landraces, traditional varieties have been displaced from commercial agriculture. Department for international development dfid plant sciences research programme. Overview of the participatory wheat breeding program figure 1. Groenen organic farmer, nestelmakerstraat 32, 48 kb.
Participatory plant breeding open pollinated seeds. Plant breeding, as a scientific discipline, can be traced more recently to mendels experiments in the early 1900s on the inheritance of genetic traits. A global analysis of issues, results, and current experience. Participatory crop improvement pci has developed over the past decade as an alternative and complementary breeding approach to formal crop improvement fci. This paper describes the rationale behind the emerging of the pciconcept, the first. Participatory plant breeding to promote farmers rights. Participatory plant breeding march 2016 newsletter greetings. All of this research was devoted to the latter stage of the plant breeding process. Participatory plant breeding is a relatively recent initiative aimed at diverse farming and climatic situations which rely on crops being developed to suite individual regions. Broadly, participatory plant breeding ppb is the development of a plant breeding program in collaboration between breeders and farmers, marketers, processors.
Participatory plant breeding michigan state university. Participatory plant breeding ppb is seen by several scientists as a way to overcome the limitations of conventional breeding by offering farmers the possibility to. The importance of biodiversity for the next agricultural revolution 9 2. Participatory plant breeding for university of manitoba. Basically, ppb is a collaboration between scientists and farmers to crossbreed two varieties of, in this case, potato the scientists job, and then spend years selecting the offspring of that cross with the desired features the farmers job. Conventional vs participatory plant breeding conventional participatory crop improvement linear with a distinct finished product as the output, disposal of. Their participation in the whole process from the selection of plant genetic material up to development of cropping systems would improve and help. Participatory plant breeding university of manitoba. A webbased statistical analysis software for plant breeding. Participatory varietal selection, participatory plant. In prga program coordination office ed, cgiar system wide program on participatory research and gender analysis for technology development and institutional innovation. Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for propagation, to methods that make use of knowledge of.
A model of decentralizedparticipatory plant breeding the model the method of plant breeding we use in a number of countries has been described in detail by ceccarelli and grando 200515 and by mangione et al. Plant breeding working groupswp prga 5 participatory breeding although, it is not clear if there are other parallel forms of participatory breeding. Participatory plant breeding ppb originated in the early 1980s as part of a movement promoting the concept of participatory research, in response to criticisms of the failure of postgreenrevolution, experimentstationbased research to address the needs of. The difference between pvs and ppb hinges on the degree and timing of farmer involvement in plant breeding. It has been used to improve the quality of nutrition in products for humans and animals. There is a strong link between formal plant breeding and seed supply. Technical and institutional issues in participatory plant breeding from the perspective of formal plant breeding. Sources of genetic variation and the maintenance and use of genetic diversity. Walker the findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors.
This book provides a comprehensive description and assessment of the use of participatory plant breeding in developing countries. Participatory plant breeding, biodiversity, genetic. Technical and institutional issues in participatory plant breedingfrom the perspective of formal plant breeding. However, if seven major maize producing countries are excluded from this group, data indicate that only 34% of the maize area is planted with improved seed despite considerable effort invested in maize breeding. Participatory plant breeding to promote farmers rights bioversity. It was found that participatory plant breeding and varietal selection. Cultivariable participatory plant breeding projects. Participatory plant breeding is a way to increase the footprint of a breeding project by collaborating with the public. Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. Participatory plant breeding ppb projects have been initiated by international research. Since farmers know best which materials meet their needs and are enthusiastic seekers of new varieties, participatory plant breeding represents a promising approach to enhancing agrobiodiversity.
The face and content validity of the questionnaire was. Review on participatory plant breeding arc journals. Genotypebyenvironment interaction and stability analysis for plant breeding. Their cultivation through organic farming in natural parks can contribute to their resurgence. Broadly, ppb is the development of a plant breeding program in collaboration between breeders and farmers, marketers, processors, consumers, and policy makers food security, health and nutrition, employment. Participatory plant breeding ppb methods represent alternatives aimed to improve local adaptation breeding, to promote genetic diversity, to empower farmers. Participatory varietal selection pvs and participatory plant breeding ppb are relatively new terms that encompass both old and new concepts and procedures. In that context, pci principally aims at more effectively addressing the needs of farmers in marginal areas in developing countries. Linking participatory plant breeding to the seed supply system participatory plant breeding formal seed supply informal seed supply developing countries. A participatory plant breeding ppb programme was conducted for the high altitude areas of nepal. Ppb was largely introduced because millions of farmers around the world have fallen outside the remit of the conventional plant breeding programs of the green. A team of local farmers and the centre for chinese agricultural policy and guangxi maize research institute carried out trials in 6 villages and onstation using both participatory plant breeding ppb and participatory varietal selection pvs methods. Note that the private sector, although not explicitly included, is a key participant in the maintenance of genetic diversity in the foodfiber system.
Jeuken organic farmer, elandweg 46, 8255 rk dronten, the netherlands 3 r. Biotechnologyassisted participatory plant breeding. In developed countries, it was the emergence of systematic plant breeding that generated new named varieties and stimulated organized seed multiplication and marketing by. Tests compared the impacts of the locality, approach, objectives and varieties selected. Participatory plant breeding ppb is seen by several scientists as a way to overcome the limitations of conventional breeding by offering farmers the possibility to decide which varieties better. Seventysix breeders were randomly selected from among 95 breeders who were working at the seed and plant improvement institute, karaj, iran. Participatory plant breeding in diverse production environments and institutional settings.
Participatory plant breeding ppb is the process by which the producers and other stakeholders are actively involved in a plantbreeding programme, with opportunities to make decisions throughout. It is aimed at plant breeders, social scientists, students and practitioners interested in learning more about its use with the hope that they all will find a common ground to discuss ways in which plant breeding can be beneficial to all and can contribute. The working group on participatory plant breeding ppbwg was established in 1996 under the framework of the consultative group on international. The main difference between a participatory and conventional breeding program is that in ppb most of the early selections takes place on farm.
With this aim, we developed a participatory plant breeding ppb program in collserola natural park barcelona, spain to promote the conservation of the. Desclaux2 1inra umr innovation, montpellier, france. Data were collected by a questionnaire as the main data collection instrument. This has led researchers to investigate other options, such as farmerparticipatory plant breeding, for delivering the. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. We hope that this newsletter finds you well and looking forward to the 2016 growing thank you to all of the farmer breeders for your hard work on the participatoryplant breeding project. Participatory plant breeding with maize in mexico and. Conventional vs participatory plant breeding aspects of breeding conventional participatory crop improvement linear with a distinct finished product as the output, disposal of unwanted germplasm cyclical with materials continuously feeding into living adaptive processes in the field. Participatory plant breeding, biodiversity, genetic resources, gender and climate changess. General model for the onfarm participatory plant breeding program. Participatory plant breeding food and agriculture organization of. More plants means more chances to produce valuable trait combinations.
Participatory approaches to plant breeding and selection. The purpose of this study was to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of participatory plant breeding ppb. Pdf linking participatory plant breeding to the seed. Participatory varietal selection, participatory plant breeding, and varietal change thomas s. This form of plant breeding is particularly successful in crop production systems that are underserved by traditional breeding programs and for systems. Participatory plant breeding ppb is a strategy for strengthening onfarm conservation by encouraging farmers to continue searching, selecting, and managing local crop populations. They do not necessarily represent the views of the world development. Participatory plant breeding to promote farmers rights introduction the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture the treaty is the first legally binding international agreement that explicitly recognizes farmers rights. Participatory plant breeding methods for organic cereals core. Participatory plant breeding ppb is seen by several scientists as a way to overcome the limitations of conventional breeding by offering farmers the possibility to decide which varieties better suit their needs and conditions without exposing the household to any risk during the selection progress. Seeds of change plant genetic resources and peoples. Plant breeding, as a practice, is as old as agriculture itself, with crops such as barley and emmer wheat domesticated by farmers approximately 10,000 years ago harlan, 1992. Agriculture for impact participatory plant breeding.
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