16 October 2025
Join us as Dr Béla Teeken, social and gender scientist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Cotonou, Benin, shares how citizen science and farmer typologies can steer cassava breeding toward real-world impact. Drawing on tricot on-farm trials with 448 farmers over two years and the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS), this session shows how gendered and socio-economic differences shape varietal and trait preferences from planting to processing – and how those insights translate into targeted breeding investment cases.
Date: Thursday 23 October
Time: 15:00–15:30 (CET)
Summary
In this webinar, you will learn:
– How to map cassava trait preferences using tricot trials integrated with RHoMIS data
– Ways to build farmer typologies (market-oriented sellers, women-led processors, resilient mixed-income farmers) to inform breeding choices
– How gender and socio-economic differences shape varietal selection from planting to processing
– Practical steps to convert social and market insights into actionable breeding investment cases
– Tips for applying participatory, citizen-science methods in an agricultural R&D and development context
About the 1000FARMS webinar series
Our webinars will highlight the varied projects carried out by our partners, featuring experts, farmers, groundbreaking studies, and discussions on the overall impact of tricot and other farmer-led trials.
The webinars will take place every two weeks, usually on Tuesday or Thursday afternoons (CET), and are open to anyone. The format is a 15-minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of open discussion.
Missed a previous webinar? Find the catch-up videos in the 1000FARMS Community.
