Farmers' management of rice varietal diversity in the mid-hills of Nepal: Implications for on-farm conservation and crop improvement

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-62

  Rana, R B ^a   Garforth, C J ^b   Sthapit, B R ^c  

^a Local Initiatives for Biodiversity   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop improvement; Farmer's decision making; Intensive data plots; Landrace; Nepal; On farm conservation; Rice

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 68349142960     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108048259     Document Type: Article

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