This article discusses major issues that confront attempts to introduce participatory methodologies into livestock production research, based on experiences during two projects in East Africa, and interviews with researchers and others in the region.
The extent to which research can be participat...
Morton, J.
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Adolph, Barbara
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Ashley, S.
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Romney, D.L.
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[Conceptual, methodological and institutional issues in participatory livestock production research]
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Conceptual, methodological and institutional issues in participatory livestock production research
Groeneweg, K.
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Buyu, G.
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Romney, D.L.
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Minjauw, B.
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[Livestock farmer field schools – Guidelines for facilitation and technical manual]
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Livestock farmer field schools – Guidelines for facilitation and technical manual
Currently over 1000 Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on integrated pest management (IPM) and/or integrated soil management are being successfully implemented in Kenya and many more in Africa as a whole. In 2001, the DFID/FAO project on Farmer Field Schools for livestock began adapting and testing the F...
A Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) was conducted with smallholder dairy farmers in the central highlands of Kenya, where smallholder mixed farming systems predominate. Shortage of fodder is the principal problem as a result of decreasing farm size and, therefore, cattle are rarely fed ad libit...
Romney, D.L.
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Tanner, J.C.
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Chui, J.
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Kenyanjui, M.
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Morton, J.
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Ndegwa, P.
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Kimari, A.
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Thorne, Peter J.
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[Feed utilisation options for smallholder dairy farmers]
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Feed utilisation options for smallholder dairy farmers
Farmer field schools (FFS) are based on an innovative, participatory and interactive learning approach. The FFS approach was developed by FAO in South East Asia as a way for small-scale rice farmers to investigate and learn for themselves the skills required for, and the benefits to be obtained f...
Minjauw, B.
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Romney, D.L.
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[Integrated livestock management using participatory methodology: The example of livestock farmer field schools]
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Integrated livestock management using participatory methodology: The example of livestock farmer field schools