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Southern Ontario participatory pepper breeding project

EFAO receives Organic Farming Research Foundation grant to support three farmer-led breeding projects

EFAO has received funding from the Organic Farming Research Foundation to support three ongoing farmer-led breeding projects on locally adapted vegetables.

Towards farmer-led research: A guidebook

This guidebook aims to provide insights for working collaboratively with farmers in research. We identified and synthesized the literature on farmer-led research and farmer participatory research activities from around the world, with a focus on the North American...

In search of short season northern sweet potato varieties: Selection and evaluation of new sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) crosses

Most sweet potatoes are grown from slips, which are clones of the tuber. This means that no new genetic diversity is created each year, with no progress towards regional adaptation. As a hexaploid (six homologous sets of chromosomes), however, sweet potatoes are very...

Southern Ontario participatory pepper breeding project

EFAO receives Organic Farming Research Foundation grant to support three farmer-led breeding projects

Towards farmer-led research: A guidebook

In search of short season northern sweet potato varieties: Selection and evaluation of new sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) crosses

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