The introduction of disease and pest resistant wheat cultivars to small-scale farming systems in the highlands of Lesotho
2000
Tolmay, J. (Small Grain Institute. Agricultural Research Council, Bethlehem (South Africa)) | Rosenblum, M.L. | Moletsane, M. | Makula, M. | Pederson, T. (National University of Lesotho, Mokhotlong (Lesotho). Department of Crop Science)
Summer wheat is one of the major crops planted by farmers in the highlands of Lesotho. The crop is used by subsistence farmers for food, roofing material, fuel and seed. Currently, farmers are using "farmer varieties" dating back to the early 1960s and 80s. No adoption of new cultivars with modem traits such as Russian wheat aphid or yellow rust resistance has taken place in the area. A partnership was forged between the ARC-Small Grain Institute and GROW, a development agency operating in the Mokhotlong Valley , to introduce and evaluate new varieties utilizing nurseries of the agency's Seeds of Wellbeing project. New cultivars look promising in terms of yield increase, but they have not yet been sufficiently evaluated with regards to stability and adaptation to the environment. Suitability of new cultivars to farmers' needs will be determined through farmer participation in the trials and by testing selected cultivars in farmers' own field plots. It is foreseen that research capacity in the area and the linkages between research, the development agency and farmers in the field, will be strengthened as a result of this partnership.
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