Farmer-Led Plant Breeding & Variety Innovator of the Year Awards

Recognizing farmers who have developed, selected, improved, or conserved crop varieties through traditional selection, participatory breeding, on-farm innovation, or grassroots breeding efforts, contributing to agricultural resilience, productivity, and biodiversity.

Sub Categories:

• Traditional Variety Developer
• Participatory Plant Breeding Champion
• Indigenous Variety Conservation & Improvement
• Climate-Resilient Variety Innovator
• High-Yield Variety Innovator
• Disease & Pest Resistant Variety Developer
• Vegetable Variety Innovator
• Fruit Crop Variety Innovator
• Floriculture Variety Innovator
• Recognition for improving medicinal and aromatic plant varieties.
• Millet Variety Innovation Award
• Young Plant Breeding Innovator
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