This is an online reference on everything dealing with product testing using tricot. The tricot approach (triadic comparison of technology options) is a participatory, decentralized method where participants test three randomly assigned options on their use context. Using citizen science, it integrates participatory insights and site-specific data to guide breeding and agricultural innovation. Scalable and cost-effective, tricot empowers farmers and enhances crop diversity and resilience (in the case of on-farm testing).
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Chase, R., de Sousa, K., Laporte, M.-A., Acuña, S., Angudubo, S., Benavente, G., Cairns, J., Clements, L., Cremaschi, A., Dorado-Betancourt, H., Gandhi, H., Londoño, J. M., Madriz, B., Manrow-Villalobos, M., Mbugua Gitonga, A., Muller, A., Steinke, J., Stern, R., Teeken, B., … van Etten, J. (2026). Product testing with users in agriculture and food: Decentralized on-farm evaluation, breeding product validation, consumer testing and other applications using the tricot approach (1st ed., p. 298). Bioversity International. Montpellier, France. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20043167
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author = {Chase, Rachel and {de Sousa}, Kau\^e and Laporte, Marie-Angélique and Acuña, Sofia and Angudubo, Stephen and Benavente, Grecia and Cairns, Jill and Clements, Lily and Cremaschi, Almendra and Dorado-Betancourt, Hugo and Gandhi, Harish and Londoño, Juan Manuel and Madriz, Brandon and Manrow-Villalobos, Marilyn and Mbugua Gitonga, Agnes and Muller, Anna and Steinke, Jonathan and Stern, Roger and Teeken, Béla and {van Heerwaarden}, Joost and Zaman-Allah, Mainassara and {van Etten}, Jacob},
keywords = {digital innovation, agriculture, partnerships for the goals, participatory research, citizen science},
title = {Product testing with users in agriculture and food: Decentralized on-farm evaluation, breeding product validation, consumer testing and other applications using the tricot approach},
publisher = {Bioversity International},
address = {Montpellier, France},
year = {2026},
copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International}
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