Conventional modern plant breeding has been recognized to be more beneficial
to farmers in high potential environments or those who could profitably modify
their environment to suit new cultivars, than to the poorest farmers who could
not afford to make the necessary modifications. As a consequen...
Ceccarelli, Salvatore
,
Grando, Stefania
,
[Decentralized participatory plant breeding: a case from Syria]
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Decentralized participatory plant breeding: a case from Syria
T he effectiveness of Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PR&GA)
approaches is critically constrained by an organizational structure based on a
supply-driven system of innovation. Results of several studies conducted by the
Program with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural...
Gurung, Barun
,
[Organizational implications for mainstreaming participatory research and gender analysis]
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Organizational implications for mainstreaming participatory research and gender analysis
While Kenyan farmers still grow many traditional maiz e varieties, they increasingly face soil, pest and environmental constraints to crop productivity.
Groot, Hugo de
,
Siambi, M
,
[Comparing and integrating farmers' and breeders' evaluations of maize varieties in East Africa]
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Comparing and integrating farmers' and breeders' evaluations of maize varieties in East Africa
This paper is based on participatory development research carried out in Soroti district of
Uganda with the aim to assess the impact of agricultural development among poor
farmers. The central argument in this study is that a combination of farmer
empowerment and innovation through experiential l...
Friis-Hansen, Esbern
,
[Agricultural development among poor farmers in Soroti district, Uganda: impact assessment of agricultural technology, farmer empowerment and changes in opporunity structures]
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Agricultural development among poor farmers in Soroti district, Uganda: impact assessment of agricultural technology, farmer empowerment and changes in opporunity structures
Participatory research (PR) has been analyzed and documented from different points of
view, but particularly taking into consideration the benefits that this process generates
for farmers. Studies of the benefits of PR for other actors such as field staff, researchers
and organizations have been ...
Ortiz, Oscar
,
Frias, Guillermo
,
Ho, Raul
,
Cisneros, Hector
,
Nelson, Rebecca
,
Castillo, Renee
,
Orrego, Ricardo
,
Pradel, W.
,
Alcázar, Jesus
,
Bazan, Mario
,
[Collaborative participatory research as a learning process: the case of CIP and CARE in Peru]
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Collaborative participatory research as a learning process: the case of CIP and CARE in Peru
For the past years since the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR) Systemwide Initiative on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA)
was initiated, guides for impact assessment of PRGA have been developed (Lilja and
Ashby 1999; Johnson et.al., 2000; Lilja and ...
Paris, Thelma
,
Singh, Abha
,
Singh, V
,
Atlin, Gary
,
Reyes, Amelia de los
,
[Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on poor rice farming households with emphasis on women farmers: a case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India]
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Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on poor rice farming households with emphasis on women farmers: a case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
Sweet potato production in Central Luzon, Philippines has been plagued by a virus
disease complex locally known as “camote kulot.” Aside from causing more than 50%
reduction in yield, the disease was also responsible for the loss of an important variety
with good and well-accepted agronomic chara...
Basilio, Carlos
,
Tablarin, Rizalina
,
Porciuncula, Fe
,
Dolores, Lolit
,
[Assessing impacts of pathogen-tested sweetpotato planting materials in Central Luzon, Philippines]
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Assessing impacts of pathogen-tested sweetpotato planting materials in Central Luzon, Philippines
This is about the first steps in a study on poverty alleviation and the question whether
participatory interventions make a significant contribution to the empowerment of poor
Andean farmers. Participatory methods of intervention have been applied now for many
years in many development projects, ...
Zuger Caceres, Regula
,
[Participatory development projects in the Andes - looking for empowerment with Q-Methodology]
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Participatory development projects in the Andes - looking for empowerment with Q-Methodology
It is widely recognized that conventional plant breeding has been more beneficial
to farmers in high potential environments or those who could profitably modify
their environment to suit new cultivars, than to the poorest farmers who could not
afford to modify their environment through the applic...
The African Highlands Initiative (AHI) is promoting community-based participatory research approaches using farmer research groups (FRG) to catalyse farmer participation in research, and to widen the impact of participatory research. However, there is dearth of systematic empirical studies that e...
Sanginga, Paul
,
Stroud, Ann
,
Tumwine, Jackson K.
,
Turyahabwe, Nelson
,
Manzi, Geoffrey
,
[Assessment of the impacts of farmer participation in farmer research groups in the highlands of Kabale, Uganda]
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Assessment of the impacts of farmer participation in farmer research groups in the highlands of Kabale, Uganda