Crowdsourcing crop improvement: evidence base and outscaling model

To offer a lower cost and potentially more scalable, farmer- and plot-specific approach to seed varietal selection.

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Innovation Stats

Innovation Type: 
Approach/Process/System/Operational
Innovation Stage: 
Stage 1: Concept
Country Created In: 
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Country Implemented In: 
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Related Programs: 
Development Innovation Ventures (DIV)
Sector: 
Agriculture
Seeds & Stock

How it Works

In order to contend with changing conditions, smallholder farmers need to use improved varieties of crops in areas experiencing the effects of change most rapidly.

Next Steps

Bioversity International, along with partner organizations: Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Zamorano, and Virginia Tech, will evaluate "Crowdsourcing Crop Improvement" as an alternative to the Participatory Variety Selection (PVS).