Roner, T.; Messmer, M. M.; Finckh, M.; Forster, D.; Verma, R.; Baruah, R. and Patil, S. S. (2012) Participatory cotton breeding for organic and low input farming in Central India. In: Tielkes, E. (Ed.) Tropentag 2012 - Resilience of agricultural systems against crises - Book of abstracts, CUVILLIER VERLAG, Göttingen, Germany.
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Up to 80% of world’s organic cotton is produced in India. However, involved producers are facing increased difficulties to find suitable cultivars. Few hybrids selected for high input farming and genetically-modified (GM) cotton, which is explicitly excluded in organic farming, are presently dominating the Indian seed market. In addition farmers have lost their traditional knowledge on seed production and hybrid seed needs to be purchased each season.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Keywords: | organic cotton, India, cotton breeding, low input farming, Bodenwissenschaften, genetically-modified, GM, Pflanzenzüchtung, Baumwolle |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Breeding, genetics and propagation "Organics" in general > Countries and regions > India |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Soil Germany > University of Kassel > Department of Ecological Plant Protection Germany > University of Göttingen India |
| Related Links: | http://www.tropentag.de |
| Deposited By: | Messmer, Dr. Monika |
| ID Code: | 21943 |
| Deposited On: | 05 Dec 2012 13:09 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2021 13:22 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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