TY - JOUR AU - Lenaerts, Bert AU - Collard, Bertrand C. Y. AU - Demont, Matty PY - 2018 DA - 2018/06/25 TI - Global survey of rice breeders to investigate characteristics and willingness to adopt alternative breeding methods JO - Agriculture & Food Security SP - 40 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - Despite the critical role rice breeders play to ensure food security, there is a lack of information regarding their current socio-economic characteristics, constraints and attitudes towards technology adoption. Some key concepts like budget, experience, local ecosystems, level of education and even main breeding method have hardly been surveyed in the past. This not only clouds any policy making regarding scientists in national agricultural research programmes, it also makes it difficult to assess the needs and problems local rice breeders face around the world. SN - 2048-7010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-018-0191-3 DO - 10.1186/s40066-018-0191-3 ID - Lenaerts2018 ER -