D4.3.1- b Cooperatives express their preferences for practices and cultivars

Within the MountainHer project and under the work package four, the transition to agro ecological practices and adoption of new cultivars were assessed related to two surveys: S2 on farmers preferences for variety (Annex 1- Preferences for varieties) targeting the traits related to yield, quality, precocity, tolerance to drought, heat, diseases and pests in the highlight of climate change and S3 (Annex -2-Preference for practices) targeting all production chain from seed bed preparation, sowing, seeds availability, type of fertilization, harvesting and yield, with farmer cooperative members and farmers based on gender disaggregation approach. Only Preferences for varieties will be presented here. The S3 survey with regards to practices is ongoing and will be analysed at a later stage. The S2 with regards to trait preferences study was carried out in six countries and a summary of the number of respondents is shown in Figure 1. Farmers were asked as individuals or in groups to select their preferred varieties and narrate the underlying reasons for that.