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A new conservation actor, the forest steward community, is emerging in Central America as an effective collaborator in forest conservation. An innovative participatory research in Guatemala and Nicaragua was conducted aiming to strengthen community capabilities in natural resource management. A G...

143 participants from the villages of Gnngarampur, local government representatives, and staff members of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA)-Khulna Hub attended a field day for participatory evaluation by farmers of salt-tolerant aman rice varieties at Khulna District (Banglades...

Farmer participatory variety selection (PVS) of 39 improved groundnut varieties resulted in the selection of 17 varieties having traits preferred by farmers and the market. Of these, 13 have been released and 23 are in the pre-released stage. Intensification of scaling up and out of PVS in other ...

In general these methods comprise means to broaden the knowledge and the skills of target groups as well as to learn about potential structures and strategies of dissemination. Among the most important methods are: participatory variety selection, community-based seed systems, Integrated Soil Fer...

Social survey (quantitative research) and participatory rural appraisal (PRA) (qualitative research) were carried out in a study conducted in Merek (Kermanshah Province) and Honam (Lorestan Province) in Iran. The study aims to find new ways of improving the incomes of rural households, based on t...

Research conducted in Mauritania.

The objective of the project was to identify investment options and opportunities in agricultural water management with the greatest potential to improve incomes and food security for poor farmers. Participatory opportunity and constraint analysis and methodology was used in the field-scale and c...

IRRI works towards farmer-to-farmer exchange in incorporating new production strategies. It highlights farmer participation in designing and running these programs. Having had successful projects in improved crop management in the region, CIAT, through the FLAR initiative, is an important partner...

A participatory breeding project conducted in Syria with the objective of testing an alternative way to produce improved varieties of crops grown in marginal environments such as barley. The project uses decentralized selection as a methodology to fit crops to the physical (climate and management...

Through a project on “Strengthening Capacity for Participatory Research and Development Project for South Asia” organized by CIP-UPWARD and funded by IDRC, the principles and learnings of PR&D are applied at ICRISAT by assessing the value of Pongamia oil seed cake as a source of organic plant nut...