M R Bellon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3751587 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M R Bellon |
| GIVEN NAMES | M R |
| FAMILY NAME | Bellon |
| SIGNATURE | BELLON M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0642-3402 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 360 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Smallholder farmers’ diverse values in maize landrace conservation: A case study from Chiapas, Mexico
Gendered agrobiodiversity management and adaptation to climate change: Differentiated strategies in two marginal rural areas of India
To diversify or not to diversify, that is the question. Pursuing agricultural development for smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Ghana
Many smallholder farmers in developing countries grow multiple crop species on their farms, maintaining de facto crop diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider this crop diversity as an entry point for fostering agricultural innovation. This paper presents a case study, from an agricultural research-for-development project in northern Ghana, which examines the relationship between crop diversity and self-consumption of foo…
Assessing the Effectiveness of Projects Supporting On-Farm Conservation of Native Crops: Evidence From the High Andes of South America
This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to five projects involving native crops in the High Andes of South America. Results show evidence that projects have been effective at supporting farmers t…
Planting Hybrids, Keeping Landraces: Agricultural Modernization and Tradition Among Small-Scale Maize Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico
Maize diversity and gender: Research from Mexico
In the future, more food will be needed to feed a growing world population. High-yielding crop varieties will play a key role in meeting this challenge. This article draws on research undertaken by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in La Frailesca in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Both agricultural and social processes influence women's and men's preferences for new or traditional (local) maize varieties. Despite the ad…
Maize and Biosecurity in Mexico: Debate and Practice ‐ by Antal, E., Baker, L. and Verschoor, G
Seed Systems and Farmers' Seed Choices: The Case of Maizein the Peruvian Amazon
Maize diversity, rural development policy, and farmers' practices: Lessons from Chiapas, Mexico
Maize diversity is important to the livelihoods of millions of farmers in Mexico, the crop's centre of origin; to maize breeders seeking new genetic material; and to producers and consumers worldwide. Key social processes that determine maize diversity include historic and cultural emphases on maize as a primary crop; land-use practices encompassing heterogeneous agro-ecological conditions; farmers' seed-saving practices; farmer selection of usef…
Some common questions about participatory research: A review of the literature
This article reviews, through reference to the published literature, some key questions about participatory research. When should participatory research be used? How should participatory research be applied? What about quality of science in participatory research? Are there any institutional issues associated with the use of participatory research? And what are the benefits and costs of participatory research? The article is not a comprehensive l…
Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Cimmyt)
This study assessed the extent to which participatory methods had been used by CIMMYT, and how the scientists perceived them. Results suggest that participatory approaches at the Center were largely ‘functional’ – that is, aimed at improving the efficiency and relevance of research – and had in fact added value to the research efforts. The majority of projects surveyed also placed emphasis on building farmers' awareness. This is understandable if…
The Dynamics of Farmers’ Maize Seed Supply Practices in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
Traditional Mexican Agricultural Systems and the Potential Impacts of Transgenic Varieties on Maize Diversity
Examining the Role of Collective Action in an Informal Seed System: A Case Study from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
Targeting agricultural research to benefit poor farmers: Relating poverty mapping to maize environments in Mexico
Poor farmers’ perceived benefits from different types of maize germplasm: The case of creolization in lowland tropical Mexico
Conceptualizing Interventions to Support On-Farm Genetic Resource Conservation
Small-Scale Farmers Expand the Benefits of Improved Maize Germplasm: A Case Study from Chiapas, Mexico
Maize Diversity, Variety Attributes, and Farmers' Choices in Southeastern Guanajuato, Mexico
A Regional analysis of Maize Biological Diversity in Southeastern Guanajuato, MéXico
The dynamics of crop infraspecific diversity: A conceptual framework at the farmer level 1
Landholding fragmentation: Are folk soil taxonomy and equity important? A case study from Mexico
Farmers' Knowledge and Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: An Operational Definition and an Example from Chiapas, Mexico
Indigenous knowledge of small farmers in the tropics may provide important contributions to the development of sustainable agricultural systems. This article examines this idea, particularly under conditions of socioeconomic and technological change. It develops an operational definition of sustainable agroecosystem management and links it to farmers' indigenous knowledge. It analyzes the management of soils and germplasm by a group of small maiz…
Keepers of maize in Chiapas, Mexico
"Folk" Soil Taxonomy and the Partial Adoption of New Seed Varieties
The dynamics of crop infraspecific diversity: A conceptual framework at the farmer level 1
Keepers of maize in Chiapas, Mexico
Technology adoption and biological diversity in Andean potato agriculture
Conceptualizing Interventions to Support On-Farm Genetic Resource Conservation
Maize diversity, rural development policy, and farmers' practices: Lessons from Chiapas, Mexico
Maize diversity is important to the livelihoods of millions of farmers in Mexico, the crop's centre of origin; to maize breeders seeking new genetic material; and to producers and consumers worldwide. Key social processes that determine maize diversity include historic and cultural emphases on maize as a primary crop; land-use practices encompassing heterogeneous agro-ecological conditions; farmers' seed-saving practices; farmer selection of usef…
Planting Hybrids, Keeping Landraces: Agricultural Modernization and Tradition Among Small-Scale Maize Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico
To diversify or not to diversify, that is the question. Pursuing agricultural development for smallholder farmers in marginal areas of Ghana
Many smallholder farmers in developing countries grow multiple crop species on their farms, maintaining de facto crop diversity. Rarely do agricultural development strategies consider this crop diversity as an entry point for fostering agricultural innovation. This paper presents a case study, from an agricultural research-for-development project in northern Ghana, which examines the relationship between crop diversity and self-consumption of foo…
Small-Scale Farmers Expand the Benefits of Improved Maize Germplasm: A Case Study from Chiapas, Mexico
The Dynamics of Farmers’ Maize Seed Supply Practices in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
Examining the Role of Collective Action in an Informal Seed System: A Case Study from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
"Folk" Soil Taxonomy and the Partial Adoption of New Seed Varieties
A Regional analysis of Maize Biological Diversity in Southeastern Guanajuato, MéXico
Seed Systems and Farmers' Seed Choices: The Case of Maizein the Peruvian Amazon
Poor farmers’ perceived benefits from different types of maize germplasm: The case of creolization in lowland tropical Mexico
Maize Diversity, Variety Attributes, and Farmers' Choices in Southeastern Guanajuato, Mexico
Assessing the Effectiveness of Projects Supporting On-Farm Conservation of Native Crops: Evidence From the High Andes of South America
This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to five projects involving native crops in the High Andes of South America. Results show evidence that projects have been effective at supporting farmers t…
Gendered agrobiodiversity management and adaptation to climate change: Differentiated strategies in two marginal rural areas of India
Targeting agricultural research to benefit poor farmers: Relating poverty mapping to maize environments in Mexico
Traditional Mexican Agricultural Systems and the Potential Impacts of Transgenic Varieties on Maize Diversity
Maize diversity and gender: Research from Mexico
In the future, more food will be needed to feed a growing world population. High-yielding crop varieties will play a key role in meeting this challenge. This article draws on research undertaken by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in La Frailesca in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Both agricultural and social processes influence women's and men's preferences for new or traditional (local) maize varieties. Despite the ad…
Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Cimmyt)
This study assessed the extent to which participatory methods had been used by CIMMYT, and how the scientists perceived them. Results suggest that participatory approaches at the Center were largely ‘functional’ – that is, aimed at improving the efficiency and relevance of research – and had in fact added value to the research efforts. The majority of projects surveyed also placed emphasis on building farmers' awareness. This is understandable if…
Landholding fragmentation: Are folk soil taxonomy and equity important? A case study from Mexico
The ethnoecology of maize variety management: A case study from Mexico
Technology adoption and biological diversity in Andean potato agriculture
"Folk" Soil Taxonomy and the Partial Adoption of New Seed Varieties
Keepers of maize in Chiapas, Mexico
Farmers' Knowledge and Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: An Operational Definition and an Example from Chiapas, Mexico
Indigenous knowledge of small farmers in the tropics may provide important contributions to the development of sustainable agricultural systems. This article examines this idea, particularly under conditions of socioeconomic and technological change. It develops an operational definition of sustainable agroecosystem management and links it to farmers' indigenous knowledge. It analyzes the management of soils and germplasm by a group of small maiz…
The dynamics of crop infraspecific diversity: A conceptual framework at the farmer level 1
Landholding fragmentation: Are folk soil taxonomy and equity important? A case study from Mexico
A Regional analysis of Maize Biological Diversity in Southeastern Guanajuato, MéXico
Small-Scale Farmers Expand the Benefits of Improved Maize Germplasm: A Case Study from Chiapas, Mexico
Maize Diversity, Variety Attributes, and Farmers' Choices in Southeastern Guanajuato, Mexico
Conceptualizing Interventions to Support On-Farm Genetic Resource Conservation
Targeting agricultural research to benefit poor farmers: Relating poverty mapping to maize environments in Mexico
Poor farmers’ perceived benefits from different types of maize germplasm: The case of creolization in lowland tropical Mexico
Traditional Mexican Agricultural Systems and the Potential Impacts of Transgenic Varieties on Maize Diversity
Examining the Role of Collective Action in an Informal Seed System: A Case Study from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
The Dynamics of Farmers’ Maize Seed Supply Practices in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
Some common questions about participatory research: A review of the literature
This article reviews, through reference to the published literature, some key questions about participatory research. When should participatory research be used? How should participatory research be applied? What about quality of science in participatory research? Are there any institutional issues associated with the use of participatory research? And what are the benefits and costs of participatory research? The article is not a comprehensive l…
Participatory research practice at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Cimmyt)
This study assessed the extent to which participatory methods had been used by CIMMYT, and how the scientists perceived them. Results suggest that participatory approaches at the Center were largely ‘functional’ – that is, aimed at improving the efficiency and relevance of research – and had in fact added value to the research efforts. The majority of projects surveyed also placed emphasis on building farmers' awareness. This is understandable if…
Maize diversity, rural development policy, and farmers' practices: Lessons from Chiapas, Mexico
Maize diversity is important to the livelihoods of millions of farmers in Mexico, the crop's centre of origin; to maize breeders seeking new genetic material; and to producers and consumers worldwide. Key social processes that determine maize diversity include historic and cultural emphases on maize as a primary crop; land-use practices encompassing heterogeneous agro-ecological conditions; farmers' seed-saving practices; farmer selection of usef…
Maize diversity and gender: Research from Mexico
In the future, more food will be needed to feed a growing world population. High-yielding crop varieties will play a key role in meeting this challenge. This article draws on research undertaken by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in La Frailesca in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Both agricultural and social processes influence women's and men's preferences for new or traditional (local) maize varieties. Despite the ad…
Maize and Biosecurity in Mexico: Debate and Practice ‐ by Antal, E., Baker, L. and Verschoor, G
Seed Systems and Farmers' Seed Choices: The Case of Maizein the Peruvian Amazon
Planting Hybrids, Keeping Landraces: Agricultural Modernization and Tradition Among Small-Scale Maize Farmers in Chiapas, Mexico
Assessing the Effectiveness of Projects Supporting On-Farm Conservation of Native Crops: Evidence From the High Andes of South America
This paper presents an approach for assessing the effectiveness of projects aimed at creating incentives for smallholder farmers to continue maintaining crop diversity under evolution on their farms in relevant centers of genetic diversity—a process known as on-farm conservation. It is applied to five projects involving native crops in the High Andes of South America. Results show evidence that projects have been effective at supporting farmers t…
Gendered agrobiodiversity management and adaptation to climate change: Differentiated strategies in two marginal rural areas of India
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