Farmers’ preference criteria

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is among the main food crops of Togo. In the country’s traditional agriculture, a great diversity a varieties exist and need to be preserved. Moreover, the production constraints that can be solved through breeding of novel varieties and the farmers’ varietal preference criteria are not yet well documented. To fill these gaps of knowledge a survey was conducted in 40 villages distributed throughout the country using participatory approach (individual survey and group discussion with questionnaire).

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This paper reports Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) methodology developed by integration of farmer’s preference through PRA, bio-physical evaluation of soils by land evaluation and socio-economic resources and tested in Eastern Maharashtra plateau of Central India. The study revealed that land use planning is dependent not only on the soil suitability criteria but also on the market forces, economic situation of the farmer, short term family needs, level of perception, social status, proximity and fragmentation of land and migration (labour).

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