Review and outlook for participatory plant breeding in West Africa;Revue et tendances pour la recherche en sélection participative en Afrique de l'Ouest

Cahiers Agricultures

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-171

  Weltzien, Eva ^a   Brocke, Kirsten Vom ^b   Touré, Aboubacar ^c   Rattunde, Fred ^a   Chantereau, Jacques ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Mali)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

Author keywords

Agrobiodiversity; Participatory approaches; Plant breeding; West africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449170471     PISSN: 11667699     EISSN: 17775949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/agr.2008.0193     Document Type: Review

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