Ergano, Kebebe and Duncan, Alan and Belay, Alemayehu | 2010
- Author(s): Ergano, Kebebe and Duncan, Alan and Belay, Alemayehu
- Publisher: ILRI
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural innovations, development strategies, research
This 2011 State of the World chapter introduces the concept of farmer experimentation, focusing on cases in Kenya, Niger and South Africa, and explains how and why farmer-led innovation can be supported.
Esemu, Timothy | 2005
- Author(s): Esemu, Timothy
- Publisher: University of Cape Town. Graduate school of business
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agribusiness, industrial development, infrastructure, innovations, industrial location, commodity trade, export marketing, capacity building, communication process, west africa, uganda
Integrates the theories of firm clusters and global value chains to examine the role of social capital in enhancing collaborative learning, competence building and firm upgrading in developing countries.
Feder, Gershon | 2010
- Author(s): Feder, Gershon
- Publisher: International food policy resesarch institute (IFPRI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural extension, community organization, institutional infrastructure
The conceptual underpinnings of community-based, demand-driven approaches to agricultural extension are examined and the evidence available so far on their actual performance is assessed.
Fenta, Tesfahun and Assefa, Amanuel | 2007
- Author(s): Fenta, Tesfahun and Assefa, Amanuel
- Publisher: AgriService Ethiopia
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural research, popular participation, farmers, on-farm research, agricultural ecology, east africa, ethiopia
PROFIEET (Promoting Farmer Innovation and Experimentation in Ethiopia) is a national learning and advocacy platform on farmer innovation. It has formed 3 regional platforms on the basis of agro-ecological features.
Fernandez R., Juan and Fuentes, Walter and Gandarillas, Edson | 2004
- Author(s): Fernandez R., Juan and Fuentes, Walter and Gandarillas, Edson
- Publisher:
- Pages: --49
- Keywords: project monitoring, popular participation, agricultural innovations, technology transfer, farmers associations, pepper, groundnuts, bolivia, latin america
Participatory monitoring and evaluation for research, development, and technology transfer was implemented in the Association of Producers of Chilli Peppers and Peanuts in the municipality of Padilla (APJIMPA) in Bolivia.