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Acknowledging the Role of Gender in Organic farming, Informal Seed Sector in particular and krisoks’ Perspectives
Provedor de dados: 21
Autores: Shahid, Shaila; Md. Hossain, Zakir.
Seed-the source of life. And woman holds the seed with the hope of new life.    Instead of producing diverse seed from homestead agriculture, women are engaged traditionally to select seed, drying, preserving, protecting during storage, saving them from any economical crisis of the family. To ensure the seed quality and the perfect storage place &amp; methods, women hold the vast knowledge. They decide the quantity and variety of seed to be saved and the method of preservation. Seed selection by women is a continuous activity. Working in the fields, they observe the plants and decide which seeds to select. They identify plants of good quality on the basis of size, grain formation and their resistance to pests and insects. Here a woman looks at the seed...
Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Palavras-chave: Breeding; Genetics and propagation.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://orgprints.org/23982/3/23982.pdf