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    Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITAs benchmark area approach

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    Date
    2005
    Author
    Douthwaite, Boru
    Baker, Derek
    Weise, S.
    Gockowski, J.
    Manyong, Victor M.
    Keatinge, J.D.H.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with similar conditions. The CGIAR system has been developing ecoregional research as a new paradigm for over a decade. In this paper we evaluate one of the most ambitious of these initiatives called the Benchmark Area Approach (BAA) pioneered by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. We evaluate the BAA against nine good practice criteria for ecoregional research and finding that the approach is delivering, or has the potential to deliver, on all nine. Many of the lessons learnt from this evaluation will be relevant to current and future attempts to undertake co-ordinated multi-locational research for development.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479705002681
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3364
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479705002681
    IITA Subjects
    Genetic Improvement; Food Security; Handling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products; Knowledge Management; Farm Management; Livelihoods; Plant Health; Plant Production; Disease Control; Pests Of Plants; Plant Breeding; Farming Systems; Plant Genetic Resources
    Agrovoc Terms
    Ecoregional Research; Foods; Green Revolution; Genetic; Benchmark
    Regions
    Acp; Africa; Asia; South America; West Africa; South Asia
    Countries
    Colombia; Nigeria; India
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