Collaboration leads to progress in reducing degeneration in RTB

Greg Forbes

RTB Annual Meeting, Entebbe

October, 2014

Why How

What

NARS adopt

integrated approach

Yield gap reduced

HR, OFM and CS

used strategica

lly by farmers

Evidence, advocacy

Partnerships

Where

Why degeneration?

Degeneration

Clean seed

Rethinking degeneration

Clean Seed = < 2%

In developing countries..

Degeneration

Clean seedHost

resistanceOn-farm

management

Integrated approach..

Degeneration

Clean seedHost

resistanceOn-farm

management

Integrated approach..

? ?

?

How?

Arusha, Feb 2013

Future: Continuing the cycle

Field studies

Modeling

Parameter

estimates

Validation

Trial design

How?

440 MB

How?

440 MB

How?

How?

Certified disease-free seed

Positive selection

Outputs:

Outputs:

Future: Continuing the cycle

Field studies

Modeling

Parameter

estimates

Validation

Trial design

Future: Toward impact

Future: Toward impact

Impact pathway - lite

NARS adopt integrated approach

Yield gap reduced

HR, OFM and CS used

strategically by farmers

Evidence, advocacy

Partnerships

Thank you

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