Report / Case study

Farmer-participatory improvement of sorghum and pearl millet genetic resources for increased adaptation to diverse production environments in West Africa

author(s) Gonsalves, Julian Francis
from CGIAR - Research Programs and Platforms
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themes
regions
  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Gonsalves J. 2013. A new relevance and better prospects for wider uptake of social learning within
CGIAR. CCAFS Working Paper no. 37. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture
and Food Security (CCAFS). Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Abstract

This project is designed to develop in a farmer-participatory manner pearl millet [Pennisetumglaucum (L.) R. Br.] and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] populations or cultivars with specific adaptation to different production environments in Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. It consists of two sub-projects dealing with specific targets: (1) Dynamic genepool management and farmer- participatory recurrent population improvement of sorghum and pearl millet; and (2) development of improved sorghum cultivars with high phosphorus (P) efficiency and adaptation to low soil fertility using innovative screening, hereafter abbreviated as “P efficiency in sorghum.”

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