Promoting new crop cultivars in low-income countries requires a transdisciplinary approach

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The development of high-yielding, resilient cultivars is the primary goal of many crop breeding programmes, but the uptake of these new cultivars is persistently low in low-income countries. We discuss constraints related to the adoption of crop cultivars and stress the importance of participatory approaches in building trust and promoting the adoption of new technologies.

Kholová, J.; Milan, U.O.;Bavorová, M.; Ceccarelli, S.; Cosmas, L.; Desczka, S.; Grando, S.; Lensink, R.; Nchanji, E.; Pavlík, J.; Pelaez, D.; Rubyogo, J-C.; Sperling, L.; Thiele, G.; Ullah, A.; Voorhaar, M.; Bult, E. 

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