Tafere Mulualem

Participatory Varietal Selection: the Role and Significance of Participatory Varietal Selection Tafere Mulualem

One of the main problem of small scale farmers in the agricultural practices is that unable to access varieties which can easily adapted to the specific area. The study had tried to solve those challenges of small scale farmers by selecting the plant materials (faba bean) that were adapted well and showed a good performance. In the study farmers were entirely involved in the whole process of selection and a promising faba bean varieties were identified. Among the ten tested faba bean genotypes three were identified to that specific environment. The book provides basic scientific evidences by which farmers had ingenious knowledge in selecting the best performing varieties equivalent to researchers. It also provides some useful information for certain professionals such as students and researchers in the area of agriculture.