Seeds of life: Social research for improved farmer yields in timor-leste**

Andrew McWilliam; Modesto Lopes; Diana Glazebrook; Marcelino de Jesus da Costa; Anita Ximenes

Seeds of life: Social research for improved farmer yields in timor-leste**

Andrew McWilliam, Modesto Lopes, Diana Glazebrook, Marcelino de Jesus da Costa, Anita Ximenes

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The Seeds of Life project (Fini ba Morisin the Tetun vernacular) is an applied research activity to promote sustained improvements in the production and productivity of staple food crops in Timor-Leste (Borges et al. 2009). A key element of the strategy is the introduction of high-yield seed germplasm to supplement well adapted but often low yielding local varieties. On-farm participatory testing of seed varieties combined with bulk seed multiplication programmes offers an important new opportunity for agriculture in Timor-Leste.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Making a Difference? Social Assessment Policy and Praxis and its Emergence in China
Editors	Susanna Price and Kathryn Robinson
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Berghahn Books
Pages	126-142
Volume	6
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	978-1-78238-458-8
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Making a Difference? Social Assessment Policy and Praxis and its Emergence in China. ed. / Susanna Price and Kathryn Robinson. Vol. 6 1st. ed. London: Berghahn Books, 2015. p. 126-142.

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Seeds of life: Social research for improved farmer yields in timor-leste**

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