<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Dual-Purpose Sorghum: A Targeted Sustainable Crop-Livestock\r\nIntervention for the Smallholder Subsistence Farming Communities\r\nof Adilabad, India"^^ . "Sorghum plays an important role in the mixed crop–livestock system of tribal farming\r\ncommunities in Adilabad District, a high climate risk-prone region in India. Currently, the\r\nlocal seed system is limited to landraces and hybrids that are primarily used for domestic\r\ngrain and fodder purposes. This study aimed to understand the farmers’ needs and\r\ncontext, and use this knowledge to deliver relevant, adoptable climate-smart sorghum\r\ncrop technologies through farmer-participatory approaches (FPAs). We conducted an\r\nex-ante survey with 103 farmer households to understand their preferences and\r\nconstraints concerning sorghum, their staple food-crop. Farmers expressed taste as the\r\nmost important characteristic, followed by stover yield, grain yield, drought adaptation,\r\nand pest resistance. They identified fodder deficit, loss of seed purity in landraces,\r\nand lack of diverse sorghum seed options as critical constraints. Therefore, we chose\r\ndual-purpose, open-pollinated sorghum varieties suitable for postrainy/rabi cultivation\r\nas the study site’s entry point. Accordingly, sixteen popular rabi sorghum varieties were\r\ntested at ICRISAT station (2017–18 and 2018–19) for agronomic performance in field\r\nconditions under a range of treatments (irrigation and fertilization). The standing crop was\r\nalso scored by farmer representatives. Additionally, the detailed lysifield study elucidated\r\nthe plant functions underlying the crop agronomic performance under water stress (plant\r\nwater use and stay-green score) and an important trait of farmer’s interest (relation\r\nbetween stay-green score and in-vitro stover digestibility and relation between grain fat\r\nand protein content) The selected varieties– Phule Chitra, CSV22, M35-1 and preferred\r\nlandrace (Sevata jonna)–were further tested with 21 farmers at Adilabad (2018–20).\r\nParticipating farmers from both the trials and focus group discussions voiced their\r\npreference and willingness to adopt Phule Chitra and CSV22. This article summarizes\r\nhow system-relevant crop options were selected for subsistence farmers of Adilabad and deployed using participatory approaches. While varieties are developed for wider\r\nadoption, farmers adopt only those suitable for their farm, household, and accessible\r\nmarket. Therefore, we strongly advocate FPA for developing and delivering farmer\r\nrelevant crop technologies as a vehicle to systematically break crop adoption barriers\r\nand create a positive impact on household diets, well-being, and livelihoods, especially\r\nfor smallholder subsistence farmers."^^ . "2022-03-24" . . "6" . "742909" . . "Frontiers"^^ . . . "Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (TSI)"^^ . . . "2571581X" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "S"^^ . "Nedumaran"^^ . "S Nedumaran"^^ . . "K V"^^ . "Rao"^^ . "K V Rao"^^ . . "M"^^ . "Voorhaar"^^ . "M Voorhaar"^^ . . "V"^^ . "Garin"^^ . "V Garin"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Choudhary"^^ . "S Choudhary"^^ . . "R"^^ . "Baddam"^^ . "R Baddam"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Anbazhagan"^^ . "K Anbazhagan"^^ . . "K"^^ . "Chadalavada"^^ . "K Chadalavada"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Kaliamoorthy"^^ . "S Kaliamoorthy"^^ . . "J"^^ . "Kholova"^^ . "J Kholova"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Mallayee"^^ . "S Mallayee"^^ . . "A"^^ . "Selvaraj"^^ . "A Selvaraj"^^ . . . . . . "Dual-Purpose Sorghum: A Targeted Sustainable Crop-Livestock\r\nIntervention for the Smallholder Subsistence Farming Communities\r\nof Adilabad, India (PDF)"^^ . . . "Dual-Purpose_Sorghum_A_Targeted_Sustainable_Crop-L.pdf"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #12046 \n\nDual-Purpose Sorghum: A Targeted Sustainable Crop-Livestock \nIntervention for the Smallholder Subsistence Farming Communities \nof Adilabad, India\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Sorghum"@en . .