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

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Kholová, Jana

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  • Crops for nutrition and health
  • Agrobiodiversity
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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. (2024) Promoting new crop cultivars in low-income countries requires a transdisciplinary approach. [Comment] Nature Plants 10: p. 1610–1613. ISSN: 2055-0278

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.