Farmer experimentation in El Pozo and Nichteel localities, Los Altos de Chiapas, Mexico
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Abstract
attended a diversity fair celebrated on December 6, 2003; two
groups of them from �??El Pozo�?� and �??Nichteel�?� localities
decided to reply this event under their conditions. Thus, they
made a collection in different towns pertaining to their
municipalities y others, with the objective of improving farm
diversity besides looking for better-adapted accessions to their
specific conditions. The group from �??El Pozo�?� managed to
collect 14 accessions of different grain color whereas the group
from �??Nichteel�?� managed to collect 16 accessions. Along with
researchers and technicians from SDR in Chiapas, México,
and INCA, Cuba, they evaluated six characters. Such
evaluation enabled to determine that there were significant
differences among the accessions collected by �??El Pozo�?� and
�??Nichteel�?�. Moreover, it was statistically proved that, in many
cases, accessions collected in others localities and
municipalities showed a better behavior or similar to the local
one. Likewise, farmers from both sites of Los Altos de Chiapas
could improve maize diversity in their farms and collect better
varieties than those they have traditionally seeded.
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