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

dc.contributor.authorDouthwaite, Boru
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Derek
dc.contributor.authorWeise, S.
dc.contributor.authorGockowski, J.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, Victor M.
dc.contributor.authorKeatinge, J.D.H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:18:58Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:18:58Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationDouthwaite, B., Baker, D., Weise, S., Gockowski, J., Manyong, V. & Keatinge, J. (2005). Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach. Experimental Agriculture, 41(3), 271-298.
dc.identifier.issn0014-4797
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3364
dc.description.abstractEcoregional 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment for International Development, United Kingdom
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectEcoregional Research
dc.subjectFoods
dc.subjectGreen Revolution
dc.subjectGenetic
dc.subjectBenchmark
dc.titleEcoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITAs benchmark area approach
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
cg.coverage.regionAcp
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouth Asia
cg.coverage.countryColombia
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR multi-centre
cg.iitasubjectGenetic Improvement
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectHandling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products
cg.iitasubjectKnowledge Management
cg.iitasubjectFarm Management
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectDisease Control
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Breeding
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectPlant Genetic Resources
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid95038
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479705002681


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