Title: Participatory research that builds on local innovation in beekeeping to escape poverty

Authors: Araya, Hailu

Place: Bonn

Publisher: University of Bonn

Year: 2006

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Subject: Rural Innovation Systems

Keywords: agricultural innovations, apiculture, popular participation, farmers, agricultural research, ethiopia

Abstract: Local innovations to beehive construction, honeybee-queen rearing, and bee-forage management were facilitated by a multi-stakeholder platform in Tigray, Ethiopia, that seeks to institutionalize a farmer-led approach to participatory R&D.

URL: http://www.tropentag.de/2006/abstracts/full/418.pdf

Document type: Conference proceeding/ paper