Participatory Plant Breeding with Traders and Farmers for White Pea Bean in Ethiopia

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 497-512

  Assefa, T ^a   Sperling, L ^b   Dagne, B ^c   Argaw, W ^c   Tessema, D ^c   Beebe, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Canning quality; Ethiopia; Participatory Plant Breeding; Seed quality; Traders; White pea bean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906062204     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1389224X.2013.824385     Document Type: Article

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