Farmer participation in research
- Enhanced Knowledge Management: knowledge centers for extension communication and agriculture development in Ethiopia
- A. Shiferaw; E. Sehai; D. Hoekstra; A. Getachew / IGI Global, 2013
- There is increasing evidence on the benefits of knowledge management (KM) to enable organisations to be more competitive, achieve higher efficiency and increase output. The Ethiopian government has embarked on a major initia...
- Study examining linkages between climate change adaptation and food security stakeholders in the west African sub-region
- A. E. Agwu; C. L. Egbule; F. O. Amadu / African Journals Online - AJOL, 2012
- Published in the Journal of Agricultural Extensions, this paper outlines a study examining the linkages among actors in climate change and food security innovation systems in the west African sub-region. The study involved questionnai...
- Making the most of fertilizer use in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
- F. Ruf (ed) / IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, 2012
- Fertilizer use on degraded farms with mature trees has shown a clear positive impact on the productivity of cocoa. This is the main conclusion from this pilot study on the impact of fertilizer, based on Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. ...
- Incorporating gender issues into plant breeding approaches
- C.R. Farnworth; J. Jiggins / Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program, CGIAR, 2003
- This paper aims to analyse methods and approaches currently used within participatory plant breeding (PPB) with respect to gender issues and to draw out the implications of researchers’ experience with Gender Analysis (GA) and u...
- Zambian farmers don’t see conservation agriculture as a climate change adaptation strategy
- P.H. Nyanga; F.H. Johnsen; J.B. Aune / Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2011
- Actors involved in promoting conservation agriculture have often not taken into account the perceptions of smallholder farmers of climate change and conservation agriculture as an adaptation strategy. This study documents smallholder ...
- Developing free drought-tolerant varieties allow African farmers unwilling to pay market prices to access the potential benefits
- T.J. Dalton; M. Yesuf; L. Muhammad / AgEcon Search, 2011
- Recent projections on the impact of climate change argue that eastern and southern Africa will experience dramatic reductions in maize yields by mid?century. This research paper argues that such studies have not taken farmer adaptatio...
- Understanding farmers’ concerns about the participatory process encourages sustained technology adoption in Zimbabwe
- T. Pedzisa; I. Minde; S. Twomlow / AgEcon Search, 2010
- Participatory technology development has been used for quite some time, but little is known about how farmers perceive participatory methods and processes. This paper argues that understanding farmers’ concerns about the partici...
- Participatory farming management methods and their uses
- P. Dorward; D. Shepherd; M. Galpin / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- Central to the use of Participatory Farming Management (PFM) methods is the understanding that the farmer is the decision maker and that he or she takes the risks associated with change, not the advisor or researcher. PFM methods shou...
- Impact of climate change in South Africa: farmers' perceptions
- G. Gbetibouo (ed) 2009
- This report outlines how climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts in South Africa. It states that rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of natural resources, are likely to bea...
- Reviewing participatory mapping - what works and what doesn't
- J. Corbett / International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2009
- Participatory mapping, commonly used in participatory development, plays an important role in helping marginalised groups by making visible the association between land and local communities, highlighting important soci...
- Enhanced Knowledge Management: knowledge centers for extension communication and agriculture development in Ethiopia
- A. Shiferaw; E. Sehai; D. Hoekstra; A. Getachew / IGI Global, 2013
- There is increasing evidence on the benefits of knowledge management (KM) to enable organisations to be more competitive, achieve higher efficiency and increase output. The Ethiopian government has embarked on a major initia...
- Study examining linkages between climate change adaptation and food security stakeholders in the west African sub-region
- A. E. Agwu; C. L. Egbule; F. O. Amadu / African Journals Online - AJOL, 2012
- Published in the Journal of Agricultural Extensions, this paper outlines a study examining the linkages among actors in climate change and food security innovation systems in the west African sub-region. The study involved questionnai...
- Making the most of fertilizer use in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
- F. Ruf (ed) / IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, 2012
- Fertilizer use on degraded farms with mature trees has shown a clear positive impact on the productivity of cocoa. This is the main conclusion from this pilot study on the impact of fertilizer, based on Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. ...
- Incorporating gender issues into plant breeding approaches
- C.R. Farnworth; J. Jiggins / Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program, CGIAR, 2003
- This paper aims to analyse methods and approaches currently used within participatory plant breeding (PPB) with respect to gender issues and to draw out the implications of researchers’ experience with Gender Analysis (GA) and u...
- Zambian farmers don’t see conservation agriculture as a climate change adaptation strategy
- P.H. Nyanga; F.H. Johnsen; J.B. Aune / Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2011
- Actors involved in promoting conservation agriculture have often not taken into account the perceptions of smallholder farmers of climate change and conservation agriculture as an adaptation strategy. This study documents smallholder ...
- Developing free drought-tolerant varieties allow African farmers unwilling to pay market prices to access the potential benefits
- T.J. Dalton; M. Yesuf; L. Muhammad / AgEcon Search, 2011
- Recent projections on the impact of climate change argue that eastern and southern Africa will experience dramatic reductions in maize yields by mid?century. This research paper argues that such studies have not taken farmer adaptatio...
- Understanding farmers’ concerns about the participatory process encourages sustained technology adoption in Zimbabwe
- T. Pedzisa; I. Minde; S. Twomlow / AgEcon Search, 2010
- Participatory technology development has been used for quite some time, but little is known about how farmers perceive participatory methods and processes. This paper argues that understanding farmers’ concerns about the partici...
- Participatory farming management methods and their uses
- P. Dorward; D. Shepherd; M. Galpin / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- Central to the use of Participatory Farming Management (PFM) methods is the understanding that the farmer is the decision maker and that he or she takes the risks associated with change, not the advisor or researcher. PFM methods shou...
- Impact of climate change in South Africa: farmers' perceptions
- G. Gbetibouo (ed) 2009
- This report outlines how climate change is expected to have serious environmental, economic, and social impacts in South Africa. It states that rural farmers, whose livelihoods depend on the use of natural resources, are likely to bea...
- Reviewing participatory mapping - what works and what doesn't
- J. Corbett / International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2009
- Participatory mapping, commonly used in participatory development, plays an important role in helping marginalised groups by making visible the association between land and local communities, highlighting important soci...
- Africa Rice Center (WARDA), Benin
- Africa Rice Center (WARDA) is an autonomous intergovernmental research association of African member states.
- Kerala Research Programme on Local Development
- Developing scientific research capability in Kerala
