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Does farmer participatory research matter for improved soil fertility technology development and dissemination in Southern Africa?

dc.contributor.authorRusike, J.
dc.contributor.authorTwomlow, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorFreeman, H.
dc.contributor.authorHeinrich, G.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:18:06Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:18:06Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationRusike, J., Twomlow, S., Freeman, H. & Heinrich, G. (2006). Does farmer participatory research matter for improved soil fertility technology development and dissemination in Southern Africa? International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 4(3), 176-192.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3052
dc.description.abstractCrop management research is increasingly involving farmers in evaluating new technologies, identifying adoption constraints and opportunities for improving farm performance to produce more sustainable impact. ICRISAT and its partners worked with farmers in Malawi and Zimbabwe during the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons to evaluate a range of ‘best bet’ soil fertility and water management technologies and evaluate the impact of farmer participatory research. Although there was some variation in methods implemented at different sites, the study found that there is a basis for a comparison of methods. Community entry and participatory approaches that engage farmers in decision making throughout the research-development-diffusion-innovation process have higher setup costs compared to traditional ‘top-down’ approaches. But they improve efficiency, both in technology development and in building farmers' capacity for experimentation and collective learning. This results in the development of more relevant technologies, joint learning among farmers, researchers and extensionists and better impact. To make farmer participatory research projects more sustainable and introduce them on a wide scale, the study recommends that public and NGO investments be targeted to building district and village-level innovation clusters.
dc.description.sponsorshipGovernment of Malawi
dc.description.sponsorshipGovernment of Zimbabwe
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment for International Development, United Kingdom
dc.description.sponsorshipRockefeller Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFarmer Participatory Research
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subjectMother And Baby Trials
dc.subjectSoil Fertility Management Technologies
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.titleDoes farmer participatory research matter for improved soil fertility technology development and dissemination in Southern Africa?
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationCatholic Relief Services
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAcp
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.regionNorth America
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.countryZimbabwe
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryUnited States
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectGender
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectCrop Husbandry
cg.iitasubjectFarm Management
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectIntegrated Soil Fertility Management
cg.iitasubjectSoil Fertility
cg.iitasubjectSoil Health
cg.iitasubjectResearch Method
cg.iitasubjectImpact Assessment
cg.iitasubjectSoil Information
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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