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A Treasure of Crop Diversity from Outstanding Farmer-Breeder, JP Singh (India)

Singh, Jai Prakash; Mansata, Bharat; Nellithanam, Jacob and Kundaji, Deepika (2014) A Treasure of Crop Diversity from Outstanding Farmer-Breeder, JP Singh (India). Paper at: IFOAM Organic World Congress 2014, Istanbul, Turkey, 13-15 October 2014. [Completed]

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Jaiprakash Singh (aka JP) is an outstanding organic farmer breeder of several important and widely cultivated crops like rice, wheat, pigeon pea and mustard. He started this work more than 2 decades ago, and presently has 480 varieties of rice, 120 varieties of wheat, 40 varieties of pigeon pea, 3 varieties of mustard; also some chillies and tomatoes. These varieties are ‘developed’ or evolved over many crop cycles through a process of multi-generational selection for distinct features and qualities, including grain yield, pest resistance, special nutritive values, flavour, fragrance, grain size, shape, colour, etc. The varieties bred by JP are particularly useful for many farmers still following or reverting to indigenous organic system in India.
JP’s 5 acre farm is located near Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Several of his crop varieties are becoming popular among many farmers in the northern and central belts of India.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Paper
Other Type:paper with power point presentation
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Subjects: Crop husbandry > Breeding, genetics and propagation
Research affiliation: International Conferences > 2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Practitioners Track
Deposited By: Kundaji, Ms Deepika
ID Code:24237
Deposited On:20 May 2015 10:48
Last Modified:20 May 2015 10:48
Document Language:English
Status:Unpublished
Refereed:Not peer-reviewed

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