The tricot approach: an agile framework for decentralized on-farm testing supported by citizen science. A retrospective.

Autor: de Sousa K; Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France.; Department of Agricultural Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway., van Etten J; Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France., Manners R; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kigali, Rwanda., Abidin E; Reputed Agriculture 4 Development Stichting & Foundation, Kumasi, Ghana., Abdulmalik RO; Department of Plant Science, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 810211 Nigeria., Abolore B; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria., Acheremu K; Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Tamale, Ghana., Angudubo S; National Crop Resources Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Aguilar A; Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Managua, Nicaragua., Arnaud E; Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France., Babu A; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Barrios M; Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Managua, Nicaragua., Benavente G; Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France., Boukar O; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria., Cairns JE; International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Harare, Zimbabwe., Carey E; Reputed Agriculture 4 Development Stichting & Foundation, Kumasi, Ghana., Daudi H; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Dawud M; Lake Chad Research Institute, Lagos, Nigeria., Edughaen G; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria., Ellison J; One Acre Fund, Kigali, Rwanda., Esuma W; National Crop Resources Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Mohammed SG; Centre for Dryland Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria., van de Gevel J; Digital Creativity Lab, University of York, York, UK., Gomez M; Fundación para la Investigación Participativa con Agricultores de Honduras (FIPAH), La Ceiba, Atlántida Honduras., van Heerwaarden J; Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Iragaba P; National Crop Resources Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Kadege E; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania.; School of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania., Assefa TM; Crops for Nutrition and Health, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Arusha, Tanzania., Kalemera S; Crops for Nutrition and Health, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Arusha, Tanzania., Kasubiri FS; Crops for Nutrition and Health, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Arusha, Tanzania., Kawuki R; National Crop Resources Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Kidane YG; Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture, Bioversity International, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Kilango M; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Kulembeka H; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Kwadwo A; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana., Madriz B; MrBot Software Solutions, Cartago, Costa Rica., Masumba E; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Mbiu J; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Mendes T; International Potato Center (CIP), Nairobi, Kenya., Müller A; Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France., Moyo M; International Potato Center (CIP), Nairobi, Kenya., Mtunda K; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Muzhingi T; Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Science, Raleigh, NC USA., Muungani D; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria., Mwenda ET; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Nadigatla GRVPR; Dryland Legumes and Cereals, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya., Nanyonjo AR; National Crop Resources Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda., N'Danikou S; World Vegetable Center (ARVDC), Arusha, Tanzania., Nduwumuremyi A; Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), Huye, Rwanda., Nshimiyimana JC; International Potato Center (CIP), Kigali, Rwanda., Nuwamanya E; National Crop Resources Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Nyirahabimana H; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kigali, Rwanda., Occelli M; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA., Olaosebikan O; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria., Ongom PO; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria., Ortiz-Crespo B; Crops for Nutrition and Health, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Arusha, Tanzania., Oteng-Fripong R; Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Tamale, Ghana., Ozimati A; National Crop Resources Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda., Owoade D; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria., Quiros CF; Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France., Rosas JC; Genética y Fitomejoramiento, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano, Tegucigalpa, Honduras., Rukundo P; Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB), Huye, Rwanda., Rutsaert P; Sustainable Agrifood Systems, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya., Sibomana M; One Acre Fund, Kigali, Rwanda., Sharma N; Tuberosum Technologies Inc., Broderick, Saskatchewan Canada., Shida N; Tanzanian Agricultural Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania., Steinke J; Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France.; Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Ssali R; International Potato Center (CIP), Kampala, Uganda., Suchini JG; Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Esquipulas, Guatemala., Teeken B; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria., Tengey TK; Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Tamale, Ghana., Tufan HA; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA., Tumwegamire S; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kigali, Rwanda., Tuyishime E; One Acre Fund, Kigali, Rwanda., Ulzen J; Digital Inclusion, Bioversity International, Montpellier, France.; Forest and Horticultural Crops Research Center, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Umar ML; Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), ABU, Zaria, Nigeria., Onwuka S; National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria., Madu TU; National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria., Voss RC; Sustainable Agrifood Systems, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Nairobi, Kenya., Yeye M; Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), ABU, Zaria, Nigeria., Zaman-Allah M; International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Zdroj: Agronomy for sustainable development [Agron Sustain Dev] 2024; Vol. 44 (1), pp. 8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 25.
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-023-00937-1
Abstrakt: Matching crop varieties to their target use context and user preferences is a challenge faced by many plant breeding programs serving smallholder agriculture. Numerous participatory approaches proposed by CGIAR and other research teams over the last four decades have attempted to capture farmers' priorities/preferences and crop variety field performance in representative growing environments through experimental trials with higher external validity. Yet none have overcome the challenges of scalability, data validity and reliability, and difficulties in capturing socio-economic and environmental heterogeneity. Building on the strengths of these attempts, we developed a new data-generation approach, called triadic comparison of technology options (tricot). Tricot is a decentralized experimental approach supported by crowdsourced citizen science. In this article, we review the development, validation, and evolution of the tricot approach, through our own research results and reviewing the literature in which tricot approaches have been successfully applied. The first results indicated that tricot-aggregated farmer-led assessments contained information with adequate validity and that reliability could be achieved with a large sample. Costs were lower than current participatory approaches. Scaling the tricot approach into a large on-farm testing network successfully registered specific climatic effects of crop variety performance in representative growing environments. Tricot's recent application in plant breeding networks in relation to decision-making has (i) advanced plant breeding lines recognizing socio-economic heterogeneity, and (ii) identified consumers' preferences and market demands, generating alternative breeding design priorities. We review lessons learned from tricot applications that have enabled a large scaling effort, which should lead to stronger decision-making in crop improvement and increased use of improved varieties in smallholder agriculture.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestThe authors declare no competing interests.
(© The Author(s) 2023.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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