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
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...
Uses the thaibaan research methodology (called 'sao ban' in Laotian), a participatory process for video production to help villagers explore the positive and negative impacts of dams outside the immediate dam area. The output is a series of short films and documentaries made by communities, and w...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Improving Mekong dam dialogues: a participatory assessment of the impact of dams on the livelihoods of the Mekong]
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Improving Mekong dam dialogues: a participatory assessment of the impact of dams on the livelihoods of the Mekong
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...
A resource book that includes concepts and terms in participatory monitoring; synthesis of the lessons learned, organized along two broad themes: planning and implementing participatory monitoring and the main impacts of participatory monitoring; and a table of publications organized by theme: fo...
Gonsalves, Julian
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[Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management: a review of tools, concepts and lessons]
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Participatory monitoring in tropical forest management: a review of tools, concepts and lessons