​Honouring Silas Pêgo

SOLIBAM​
A quarter century of Participatory Plant Breeding:
Traditions with future, towards sustainable systems​
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Symposium "A quarter century of Participatory Plant Breeding: Traditions with future, towards sustainable systems" will be held at 10th of April 2013, in the auditorium of the Coimbra College of Agriculture - IPC, on the context of the European project SOLIBAM.

The Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) has more than a quarter century. Portugal, via Silas Pêgo work, was one of the pioneer countries worldwide. The PPB work has contributed to the rapprochement between science and farmers, while valuing local traditions and indigenous resources. This symposium will be held under the FP7 European project SOLIBAM 2010 to 2015 (Strategies for improvement and cultural practices in organic farming and low consumption externalities) which brings together 23 international institutions. The presence of some of the most respected researchers worldwide will present the state of art of PPB and identify future prospects, which may be an inspiration to farmers, scientists and other stakeholders involved in this issue.