El ensayo / our experiment

How to set up a Local Agricultural Research Committees

A collection of 13 primers that deal with the different stages involved in establishing Local Agricultural Research Committees / Comités de Investigación Agrícola Local (CIALs,), a successful method designed by CIAT’s Participatory Research in Agriculture Project (IPRA).

The primers cover the following areas:

Our Experiment
The Local Agricultural Research Committee
Analysing Our Agriculture
Setting Our Objective
Planning Our Experiment
Evaluating Our Experiment
Handling Unexpected Problems
Sharing the Results of Our Experiment
A Real Case
Some Valuable Lessons
Managing Our Funds
Checking Our Progress
Guidelines

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