Crop improvement in Eastern and Southern Africa: research objectives and on-farm testing. A regional workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, 20-22 July 1983
Anonymous
Publication, International Development Research Centre, Canada (IDRC-218e): 122
1984
Document Number: 367720
A small working group of scientists concerned with crop improvement programmes in eastern and southern Africa met to discuss the planning, management and carrying out of such programmes. Discussion centred first on methodological aspects common to most crops grown by small farmers, and most likely to benefit from application of research results. Local crops and cultivation methods, crop improvement assistance, particular programme objectives and means of implementing them, and new recommendations on extension methodology are included. The seminar also covered organization of crop improvement programmes, setting of technical goals, application of selection criteria, methodology for field and on-farm testing, and the general direction of research.