http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/10/a-landscape-to-marvel-at/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/10/a-landscape-to-marvel-at/comment-page-1/#comment-638514 DannyH Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:36:37 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/2008/10/a-landscape-to-marvel-at/#comment-638514 What an incredible photograph. As Jeremy highlights there has been tremendous work going on in the Pokhara area for some time involving LI-BIRD and local farmers and supported by Bioversity and others. I had the good fortune to be able to spend some time tramping the foothills around here with Bhuwon and various colleagues from LI-BIRD and farmers witnessing first hand the great work on conservation and enhancement of landraces. In fact witnessing this work was very much the inspiration for the establishment of a participatory plant breeding programme and a university breeders club as part of the TaroGen project at the University of the South Pacific. But I don't remember the place looking this green. Further to the achievements in PPB highlighted by Jeremy, Bhuwon has pointed out that one particular innovative farmer has been doing some breeding with upland ghaiya rice and a rice wild relative and is currently evaluating third generation of backcross 3. What an incredible photograph. As Jeremy highlights there has been tremendous work going on in the Pokhara area for some time involving LI-BIRD and local farmers and supported by Bioversity and others. I had the good fortune to be able to spend some time tramping the foothills around here with Bhuwon and various colleagues from LI-BIRD and farmers witnessing first hand the great work on conservation and enhancement of landraces. In fact witnessing this work was very much the inspiration for the establishment of a participatory plant breeding programme and a university breeders club as part of the TaroGen project at the University of the South Pacific. But I don’t remember the place looking this green. Further to the achievements in PPB highlighted by Jeremy, Bhuwon has pointed out that one particular innovative farmer has been doing some breeding with upland ghaiya rice and a rice wild relative and is currently evaluating third generation of backcross 3.

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