TAILIEUCHUNG - BRINGING FARMERS BACK INTO BREEDING - Chapter 15 & 16

BUCAP LAO: THE CASE OF GLUTINOUS RICE Origin of the initiative The main implementing institutions are the Plant Protection Centre (PPC) and the Secondary Agricultural Technical School in Luang Prabang and Champassak province. | 15 BUCAP Lao the case of glutinous rice Introduction Origin of the initiative The main implementing institutions are the Plant Protection Centre PPC and the Secondary Agricultural Technical School in Luang Prabang and Champassak province. Both implementing institutions are under the co-ordination of the Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The Naphok Agriculture Research Centre NARC of the National Agriculture and Forestry Institute NAFRI provides technical backstopping and breeding materials to farmer partners of BUCAP. This program is funded by Development Fund Of Norway and coordinated by the South East Asia Regional Institute for Community Education SEARICE Philippines. Problems addressed local conditions Farmers have an inherent interest in planting materials that better suit their requirements. However to involve farmers in PPB they need to have a basic understanding on rice varieties the function of genetic diversity as well as the necessity of genetic resources conservation and opportunities of development. In addition it requires understanding of hybridisation segregation lines selection the function of Observation Yield trial OYT seed rehabilitation and improved seed multiplication. This basic information is supplied through attending farmers field studies FS and farmer field school FFS . Local production and seed system Production system There are four basic groups of Plant Genetic Resource within farmer s production systems rice cash crops home consumption crops wild and weedy species. Mostly farmer produce rice for their owe consumption in wet season and vegetable cash crops like long been cabbage chilli corn and cucumber in the dry season for cash income. The predominant crop is glutinous rice grown on over 80 of the cultivated land. Almost all minor crops grown for home-consumption are local and traditional varieties . Many of the vegetables consumed in Laos are not cultivated but are .

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