Participatory Plant Breeding Fetien Abay

Plant breeding has not been successful in
dry areas and for poor farmers
The most spectacular yield increases are a consequence
of changing the environment to fit cultivars with higher
yield potential (the “Green Revolution” type of plant
breeding)
This type of agricultural development has by-passed
large areas of Asia, Africa, Central and South America
Genotype x Environment interactions are one of the
possible reasons
ICARDA