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Through networking of partners by way of a consortium approach, the project has demonstrated that 50% of chemical fertilizers can be substituted with the locally-produced vermicompost that the farmers themselves make. In Madhya Pradesh 800 trials were conducted, and a 1000 in Rajasthan, during th...

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 ...

Seed producers’ groups in seven villages in Lamjung, Tanahun, and Gorkha districts were formed in 2012. Since then, the production of lowland rice seeds doubled and upland rice seeds more than tripled. The groups have also been a means for CURE to introduce new varieties to the communities throug...

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...

Three farmers field days conducted in 2011 at 3 project sites in Bangladesh. More than 100 farmers, government extension personnel, researchers, project staff, and visited sites that feature farmers’ participatory conservation agriculture (CA)-based unpuddled transplanted rice (UPTR), zero-tillag...

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...

CURE is a platform within which national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES) and IRRI researchers can partner together with farmers and extension workers to tackle key problems in sites representative of the diverse ecosystems. Its strategy involves on-site farmer-participatory re...

Ex-combatant women were organized into groups and each group is provided land to grow rice on. The project supplied the necessary start-up finance for renting land, seed, and fertilizer while the women provided the labor. Using the farmer field school (FFS) approach, the women groups were provide...

Farmers' participatory on-farm research and promotion was conducted in collaboration between the Nepal Agricultural Research Council(NARC), NGOs, Farmers’ Self Help Groups (FSHGs), International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs), advanced research institutes and ICRISAT. To begin with, the co...