Rural Innovation Systems

Knowledge-sharing methodologies for pro-poor agricultural innovation : from PITAs to marginal farming communities in Bolivia

Zapata, Vicente | 2004
  • Author(s): Zapata, Vicente
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 50--59
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, poverty alleviation, community participation, information exchange, bolivia, latin america
Knowledge-sharing methods based on good local practice and proven participatory extension approaches such as farmer field schools could help poor farmers participate in the Bolivian Agricultural and Livestock Technology System.

Guide for documenting experiences with participatory monitoring and evaluation

Zapata, Vicente and Polar, Vivian and Kaaria, Susan | 2004
  • Author(s): Zapata, Vicente and Polar, Vivian and Kaaria, Susan
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 130--134
  • Keywords: evaluation, popular participation, innovations, development strategies, capacity building, latin america, bolivia
CIAT's participatory research project developed a guide for documenting experiences with participatory monitoring and evaluation. It was used for capacity building in the FOCAM (Promoting Change) project in Bolivia.

Knowledge management : a participatory approach to farmer appropriation of technological innovations

Zapata S., Vicente | 2005
  • Author(s): Zapata S., Vicente
  • Publisher:
  • Pages: 313--321
  • Keywords: agricultural innovations, poverty alleviation, agricultural extension, popular participation, capacity building, bolivia
From 2004 to 2006, the Knowledge Sharing Methodologies for Pro-poor Agricultural Innovation Project has developed a new participatory extension process that contributes to the capacity development of the main actors.

Lead farmers : spreading technology in Malawi

Zidana, Excello | 2011
  • Author(s): Zidana, Excello
  • Publisher: Agfax : reporting science in Africa
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: advisory services, agricultural extension, self-help, rural development, africa
What are the best ways to pass on new skills to African farmers, at an affordable cost? In Malawi, one approach is the use of 'lead farmers'. They do not get the full training given to extension officers, but are taught some of the key improvements that farmers can make to their farming systems.

IDEAS : [largest bibliographic database dedicated to economics]

Zimmermann, Christian | cop. 2001-
  • Author(s): Zimmermann, Christian
  • Publisher: University of Connecticut. Department of economics
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: economics
With over 325,000 full-text items, the bibliographic database of IDEAS is the largest of its kind. It is part of the RePec initiative to freely disseminate research in economics.
 

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