Thirty-nine (39) new varieties were tested by farmers under their management and resources across Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal under the CFC funded Groundnut Seed Project the four countries. Out of the varieties tested, 17 were selected based on the farmers’ village level criteria which inclu...
Improved' impact assessment tool that takes full account of production and livelihood impacts of modified river flows along with the traditional assessment of ecological impacts, and the interactions between these. It builds upon commonly used frameworks for Environmental Impact Assessments but p...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Adaptive, participatory and integrated assessment (APIA) approach for impact assessments for inland fisheries]
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Adaptive, participatory and integrated assessment (APIA) approach for impact assessments for inland fisheries
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...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Farmer field school (FFS) approach to introduce rice farming and new rice production technologies to ex-combatant women in the Republic of Burundi]
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Farmer field school (FFS) approach to introduce rice farming and new rice production technologies to ex-combatant women in the Republic of Burundi
The Landscape Mosaics project intended participatory action research (PAR) as one of two central approaches in the original research design (the other approach being more conventional research). However there was failure to implement PAR in the 5 sites as described and analyzed in the book entitl...
Provides a set of concepts and practical tools for use by Climate Change Adaptation in Africa program grantees working to support stakeholders (communities, government agencies, policy makers) in their efforts to adapt ? or to help others adapt ? climate change. The Guide nevertheless presents a...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[The application of participatory action research to climate change adaptation: a reference guide]
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The application of participatory action research to climate change adaptation: a reference guide
A research that uses a series of Participatory Action Research (PAR) tools to identify specific management problems, attempts to analyse those problems and establishes collaborative arrangements for future management inputs into the Ottotomo Forest Reserve in the Central Province of Cameroon, one...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Building collaboration through action research: the case of Ottotomo Forest Reserve in Cameroon]
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Building collaboration through action research: the case of Ottotomo Forest Reserve in Cameroon
Approach implemented by the African Highlands Initiative in its technology adoption program. It features the inclusion of farmers in AHI’s research processes. It also adopts a team-based, multidisciplinary approach toward solving locally identified problems.
PPBs are based on dynamic collaboration between plant breeding institutions and farmers and are designed to ensure that research is directly relevant to farmers’ needs. As most of the programs take place in farmers’ fields, PPB programs can maintain and enhance agricultural biodiversity much more...
Commune agro-ecosystems analysis (CAEA) is a participatory approach designed to help communities improve decision making at the commune (subdistrict) level. To better integrate fisheries considerations into the CAEA process, the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) initiated the proje...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Adaptive, participatory and integrated assessment and agro-ecosystem analysis to support decisionmaking for water allocation for fisheries and agriculture in the Tonle Sap wetland system]
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Adaptive, participatory and integrated assessment and agro-ecosystem analysis to support decisionmaking for water allocation for fisheries and agriculture in the Tonle Sap wetland system