Potato breeding in the Netherlands: A successful participatory model with collaboration between farmers and commercial breeders

Food Security

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 515-524

  Almekinders, C J M ^a   Mertens, L ^b   van Loon, J P ^b   Lammerts van Bueren, E T ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b De Bolster BV ^*  (Netherlands)

^c LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Farmer knowledge; Farmer breeders; History; Institutionalization; Participatory plant breeding; Potato breeding; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PLANT BREEDING; POTATO; PRIVATE SECTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SMALLHOLDER;

NETHERLANDS;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84907349398     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0369-x     Document Type: Article

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