{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204625784","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","title":"Farmers\u2019 Choice of Rice Ideotype in the Southeast Zone, Nigeria: A Participatory Plant Breeding Perspective","display_name":"Farmers\u2019 Choice of Rice Ideotype in the Southeast Zone, Nigeria: A Participatory Plant Breeding Perspective","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-07-23","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204625784","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","pdf_url":"https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejfood/article/download/20986/14816","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210176824","display_name":"European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences","issn_l":"2684-1827","issn":["2684-1827"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejfood/article/download/20986/14816","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5148605115","display_name":"Ngozi Catherine Oketa","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I96009557","display_name":"Ebonyi State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01jhpwy79","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ngozi Catherine Oketa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ebonyi State University, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ebonyi State University, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065809596","display_name":"Anayochukwu Victor Eze","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6976-2287","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6976-2287"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I119444370","display_name":"Papua New Guinea University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/012g45386","country_code":"PG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I119444370"]}],"countries":["PG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anayochukwu Victor Eze","raw_affiliation_strings":["Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Papua New Guinea","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I119444370"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007176869","display_name":"Chibugo Moses Oketa","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I96009557","display_name":"Ebonyi State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01jhpwy79","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chibugo Moses Oketa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ebonyi State University, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ebonyi State University, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060098743","display_name":"Happiness Ogba Oselebe","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3786-5705","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3786-5705"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I96009557","display_name":"Ebonyi State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01jhpwy79","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Happiness Ogba Oselebe","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ebonyi State University, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ebonyi State University, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110635042","display_name":"Ngozi Ekunyi Odoh","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I96009557","display_name":"Ebonyi State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01jhpwy79","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ngozi Ekunyi Odoh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ebonyi State University, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ebonyi State University, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010306878","display_name":"Esther Onyinyechi Eze","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I96009557","display_name":"Ebonyi State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01jhpwy79","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Esther Onyinyechi Eze","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ebonyi State University, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ebonyi State University, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5148615405","display_name":"Sampson Obumneme Nweke","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I96009557","display_name":"Ebonyi State University","ror":"https://ror.org/01jhpwy79","country_code":"NG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sampson Obumneme Nweke","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ebonyi State University, Nigeria"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ebonyi State University, Nigeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I96009557"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5095891994","display_name":"Kenneth Chukwuka Mkpuma","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4405266531","display_name":"Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria","ror":"https://ror.org/03msh2x13","country_code":"NG","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2801477186","https://openalex.org/I4405266531"]}],"countries":["NG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kenneth Chukwuka Mkpuma","raw_affiliation_strings":["Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Agricultural Research House, Abuja"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Agricultural Research House, Abuja","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4405266531"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.55525161,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"8","issue":"4","first_page":"18","last_page":"28"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12045","display_name":"Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement","score":0.9204000234603882,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12045","display_name":"Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement","score":0.9204000234603882,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11229","display_name":"Genetics and Plant Breeding","score":0.04690000042319298,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1110","display_name":"Plant Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10367","display_name":"Agricultural Innovations and Practices","score":0.02160000056028366,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1100","display_name":"General Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/participatory-plant-breeding","display_name":"participatory plant breeding","score":0.9810000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rice-cultivars","display_name":"rice varieties","score":0.765999972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/improved-rice-varieties","display_name":"improved rice varieties","score":0.6480000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rice-landrace","display_name":"rice landraces","score":0.7940000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/disease-and-pest-resistance","display_name":"pest and disease resistance","score":0.7609999775886536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/drought-tolerance","display_name":"drought tolerance","score":0.9950000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grain-color","display_name":"grain color","score":0.7429999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/early-maturation","display_name":"early maturation","score":0.8309999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marketability","display_name":"marketability","score":0.8460000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/southeast-nigeria","display_name":"South-East Nigeria","score":0.5759999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ebonyi-state","display_name":"Ebonyi State","score":0.9470000267028809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/enugu","display_name":"Enugu","score":0.7749999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anambra-state","display_name":"Anambra State","score":0.902999997138977}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777350813","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5988526","display_name":"Ideotype","level":3,"score":0.9495999813079834},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C155015343","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788558","display_name":"Plant breeding","level":2,"score":0.5123999714851379},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54286561","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q397350","display_name":"Agroforestry","level":1,"score":0.5077999830245972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204983608","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111958","display_name":"Productivity","level":2,"score":0.5008999705314636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.48669999837875366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C6557445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173113","display_name":"Agronomy","level":1,"score":0.44589999318122864},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779249804","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736427","display_name":"Staple food","level":3,"score":0.43549999594688416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.40369999408721924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177606310","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5674297","display_name":"Adaptability","level":2,"score":0.39800000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.39750000834465027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C57473165","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7315604","display_name":"Resistance (ecology)","level":2,"score":0.34630000591278076},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992348824","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12142810","display_name":"Drought resistance","level":2,"score":0.3370000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200830176","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434007","display_name":"Upland rice","level":4,"score":0.3325999975204468},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150903083","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7108","display_name":"Biotechnology","level":1,"score":0.33000001311302185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37621935","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3606845","display_name":"Agricultural science","level":1,"score":0.3294000029563904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203663800","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848979","display_name":"Citizen journalism","level":2,"score":0.3131999969482422},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137580998","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235352","display_name":"Crop","level":2,"score":0.2989000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C141151480","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q397284","display_name":"Agricultural biodiversity","level":3,"score":0.28929999470710754},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207581243","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2746959","display_name":"Agrochemical","level":3,"score":0.28850001096725464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C549605437","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1229911","display_name":"Food security","level":3,"score":0.2800999879837036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992211155","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889514","display_name":"Grain yield","level":2,"score":0.26980000734329224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189797535","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12142810","display_name":"Drought tolerance","level":2,"score":0.2669999897480011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781470993","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65088775","display_name":"Participatory rural appraisal","level":3,"score":0.2619999945163727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118518473","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11451","display_name":"Agriculture","level":2,"score":0.2556000053882599}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","pdf_url":"https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejfood/article/download/20986/14816","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210176824","display_name":"European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences","issn_l":"2684-1827","issn":["2684-1827"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","doi":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.24018/ejfood.2026.8.4.20986","pdf_url":"https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejfood/article/download/20986/14816","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210176824","display_name":"European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences","issn_l":"2684-1827","issn":["2684-1827"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/2","score":1.0,"display_name":"Zero hunger"}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204625784.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204625784.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":9,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1593297890","https://openalex.org/W2317951128","https://openalex.org/W2792624557","https://openalex.org/W2978128485","https://openalex.org/W4214744449","https://openalex.org/W4313318287","https://openalex.org/W4313480655","https://openalex.org/W4321257469","https://openalex.org/W4384829549"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4321257469","https://openalex.org/W2792624557","https://openalex.org/W4410493715","https://openalex.org/W3044712532","https://openalex.org/W7144681465","https://openalex.org/W4413231023","https://openalex.org/W7220024782","https://openalex.org/W7149455288","https://openalex.org/W7081921563","https://openalex.org/W1965774381"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Farmers\u2019":[0],"choice":[1,148],"of":[2,12,29,53,94,149],"rice":[3,31,54,74,150],"ideotypes":[4,151],"and":[5,45,64,67,83,96,101,103,108,123,130],"productivity":[6],"constraints":[7],"in":[8,86,114,152],"the":[9,51,58,92,111,143,153],"Southeast":[10],"Zone":[11],"Nigeria":[13],"were":[14,39,60,76,110,133],"examined.":[15],"This":[16,155],"study":[17,156],"adopted":[18],"a":[19,26,36],"participatory":[20],"plant":[21],"breeding":[22,162],"(PPB)":[23],"approach,":[24],"involving":[25],"random":[27],"selection":[28],"630":[30],"farmers.":[32],"Data":[33],"collected":[34],"using":[35,41],"semi-structured":[37],"questionnaire":[38],"analyzed":[40],"frequency,":[42],"percentage,":[43],"mean,":[44],"ANOVA.":[46],"The":[47,71],"findings":[48],"revealed":[49],"that":[50,140],"types":[52],"varieties":[55,62,69,75,113],"cultivated":[56,73],"by":[57],"farmers":[59,90],"improved":[61,66],"(29.4%)":[63],"both":[65],"local":[68],"(19.1%).":[70],"commonly":[72],"14:16,":[77],"mass,":[78],"Abuja,":[79],"Chinyere,":[80],"Nwangozi,":[81],"Nwagbenya":[82],"Mama":[84],"egodi":[85],"Ebonyi":[87],"State;":[88],"Enugu":[89],"prioritized":[91],"cultivation":[93],"room":[95],"palour,":[97],"Mass,":[98],"Faro":[99,106],"44,":[100],"R8;":[102],"lastly,":[104],"R8,":[105],"44":[107],"mass":[109],"dominant":[112],"Anambra":[115],"State.":[116],"Meanwhile,":[117],"high":[118],"yield,":[119],"resistance":[120],"to":[121],"pests":[122],"diseases,":[124],"drought":[125],"tolerance,":[126],"marketability,":[127],"early":[128],"maturation,":[129],"grain":[131],"color":[132],"significantly":[134],"different":[135],"(p":[136],"<":[137],"0.05),":[138],"indicating":[139],"they":[141],"are":[142],"primary":[144],"factors":[145],"influencing":[146],"farmers\u2019":[147],"zone.":[154],"offers":[157],"invaluable":[158],"evidence":[159],"for":[160],"enhancing":[161],"initiatives":[163],"aimed":[164],"at":[165],"meeting":[166],"end-user":[167],"preferences.":[168]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2026-08-30T00:00:00"}