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Farmers' Varieties and Multipurpose Uses Databases

Farmers' Varieties and Multipurpose Uses of Coconut Database is an important documentation approach towards public awareness and information sharing in the conservation of coconut genetic resources. The database documents farmers' knowledge through farmer participatory research surveys conducted under the IFAD-funded project, 'Sustainable Use of Coconut Genetic Resources to Enhance Incomes and Nutrition of Coconut Smallholders in the Asia Pacific Region'. Fourteen countries in the Southeast Asia, South Asia and the South Pacific regions are involved in this project.

At present, data submitted through the semi-annual and annual reports by the participating countries are being documented according to the format developed by a task force.

A sample format of the information contained in the database is shown below.


Farmer’s Varieties and Multiple Uses of the Coconut Database
Local name of farmer's variety Jappanan
Dialect Malayalam
English name Jappanan
Origin of variety Introduced from Sri Lanka
Location Pathiyoor Panchayat
Country India
Farmer's name Mr. Gopalakrishna Pillai
Farmer's address Mundarampilil
Coarse grid/GPS 6-1
Number of palms of the same variety 50
Approximate age of palms 35-50 years
Farmer's description of variety Tall palms, uniform thickness of trunk, round crown with full of well oriented fronds and nuts bigger in size than that of the local tall variety
Normal uses of plant parts
Fruit Culinary use / copra making
Leaves Thatching, basket making
Husk Fibre extraction
Shell Fuel
Wood Construction
Farmer's ranking of importance of variety 6
List of causes of disappearance to the variety No special effort to multiply by development / research agencies
Farmer's effort to conserve the variety On site multiplication for self use
Other remarks by / on the farmers / gender / folklore Jappanan will be multiplied in the departmental nurseries and used in breeding for crop improvement
Audio visual aid used by the researcher Black Board and display charts of hybrids and other improved varieties
Date of survey May 11, 1998

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