Nov 11, 20081 minRevisiting the streams of participatory plant breeding: Insights from a meeting among friendsThis publication documents the discussion of practitioners and advocates of Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) on 2 decades of PPB practice.
Sep 10, 20082 minA rice variety weathers storms and the rising seaA widow living in a flood-prone village rests easy after developing a salt water-tolerant rice variety.
Sep 2, 20083 minSEARICE revives mustard cultivation, household oil self-sufficiency among Bhutan farmersFarmers in a Bhutan village revive vanished mustard varieties and now look forward to producing household oil year-round.
Sep 1, 20081 minTransformedA woman-farmer from a village in Myanmar testifies to the changes in her farming and way of life after a SEARICE Farmer Field School.
Sep 1, 20083 minAgainst the odds: Vietnamese farmer hurdles the difficult road to rice seed certificationThis is the story of the first Vietnamese farmer who received formal certification for his self-bred rice variety.
Sep 1, 20085 minGoing against the golden grainGolden Rice has been touted as the solution to a humanitarian need, but IPRs restrict access to it.
Aug 7, 20083 minA new approach for managing a community seed bank for on-farm conservationThe story of how the Community Seed Bank (CSB) in Bhur, Bhutan, serves as a platform for seed exchange, conservation and use.