Germplasm selection
Germplasm often collected 10-50 years ago
Climates are changing
Geographical tools to aid germplasm selection
Breeding
Determination of target environments, selection of locations to do selection
Determining environmental adaptation traits for (future) environment
Seed production
Variety recommendations often outdated or with weak empirical (geographical) basis
Few examples of dynamic updating of recommendations based on weather forecasts
Information asymmetry
Getting more territorial: local seed banks and reserves
Ex situ conservation,
directly accessible to smallholders
Seed reserves to respond to
emergencies
Local human capital
Local diversity
responds to diverse needs
Ongoing work
More “territorial” participatory methods have been used more intensively for over two decades now.
How can we mainstream and massify these methods?
Can we make use of ICTs (mobile telephones, sensors) to make this possible?
What about a citizen science approach?
Evaluation card Unique code: 8181
Germination:_______ Yield:___________ Etc. _____________ ________________ ________________ ________________
1
2
3
8181
1
2
3
Registration card Unique code: 8181
Name:____________ GPS:_____________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________