Exploring climatic resilience through genetic improvement for food and income crops

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dc.creatorChiona, M.
dc.creatorChigeza, G.
dc.creatorNtawuruhunga, Pheneas
dc.date2017
dc.date2017-09-26T09:25:56Z
dc.date2017-09-26T09:25:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T16:02:37Z
dc.descriptionPlant breeding has been one of the main drivers of crop yield gains during the past century. Breeding for yield improvement through resistance to pests and diseases and chemico-physical constraints to crop production has contributed immensely to food security, nutrition, and improved incomes across Africa. Achievements through breeding have not been evenly spread across the entire range of crops grown in southern Africa. In addition, in some locations climate change threatens to reverse some of the gains from improved crop cultivars. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the progress made to date through breeding and to put forward models, which will enable farmers to benefit from breeding products both developed in the recent past and future products in the various breeding pipelines. Breeding for multiple stresses has been improved through molecular breeding techniques; however, the results are yet to benefit smallholder farmers who are the intended beneficiaries and the end users. Drought and extreme temperature-tolerant cultivars have higher chances of sustaining crop production in southern Africa. Reducing bureaucracies in seed release and moving beyond research-biased participatory varietal selection methods are two steps that require enhancement to improve and increase adoption rate of new breeding products.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/88031
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/120861
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceChiona, M., Chigeza, G. & Ntawuruhunga, P. (2017). Exploring climatic resilience through genetic improvement for food and income crops. In N. Nhamo, D. Chikoye, and T. Gondwe, Smart technologies for sustainable smallholder agriculture: upscaling in developing countries (1st ed., p. 81-94). The Netherlands: Elsevier
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectplant breeding
dc.subjectcassava breeding
dc.subjectclimatic resilience
dc.subjectgenetic improvement
dc.subjectcrop yields
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectsoybeans
dc.titleExploring climatic resilience through genetic improvement for food and income crops
dc.typeBook Chapter

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