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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...

15 participants were guided in developing a business case write-ups of data collected from participatory trials of IRRI Superbags as well as business plan for adopting improved storage and drying technologies. The farmers were assisted in using tools that quantify financial benefits to their own ...

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...

IRRI is a platform and mechanism for partnerships between national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES) and IRRI. One major line of work is Country Outreach Programs, wherein IRRC staff members work closely with in-country partners to exchange information on technological developme...

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...

Short learning videos that capture new or improved agricultural technologies and practices are created by farmers, for farmers. These videos, available on the Digital Green Web site, are shared among similar communities through facilitated discussion. Uses Digital Green approach which aims to ...

The CSB comprises a group of well trained and committed farmers who process seeds from a range of individuals or groups who share seeds among themselves. These groups 'learn-by-doing' the best management options to ensure seed purity and quality of seeds they produced on-farm. The CSB, as a modal...

An on-farm participatory varietal selection (PVS) of stress-tolerant varieties (both submergence and salinity) was held in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam to test adaptability in the locality and acceptability by the farmers. An approach used to evaluate was preference analysis, where farmers...

New groundnut varieties are empowering women farmers in Mali after a 3-year long participatory research in the selection and evaluation of improved groundnut varieties has yielded positive results. Women groundnut farmers in the village of Wakoro have selected the varieties ICGV86124, Fleur 11 an...