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III. Use of a Mother-Baby Mother Baby Trial (MBT)
Model PVS
Steps of MBT of PVS
4 four major steps
A. Identification of farmers’ farmers needs in a cultivar
B. Search for suitable genotypes from releases and
pre-release pre release
C. Experimentation by farmers:
C. Experimentation by farmers:
Key decisions for a scientist using a participatory approach are (Bellon, 2001);
i) Where to work (site selection),
ii) Who to work with (selection of participants):
iii) Field selection
iv) Trials management by farmers:
a) Mother, and
b) Baby trials.
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