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2. Assessing research impact on poverty: the importance of farmers' perspectives
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kristjanson, P (author), Place, F (author), Franzel, F (author), Thornton, P.K. (author), and International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya International Centre for Research on Agroforestry, Nairobi, Kenya
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2002-02-23
- Published:
- Kenya: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10958
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 72(1) : 73-92
- Notes:
- 20 pages, via online journal, In this paper we provide evidence to show that farmers' perspectives on poverty processes and outcomes are critical in the early stages of evaluating impact of agricultural research on poverty. We summarize lessons learned from farmer impact assessment workshops held in five African locations, covering three agro-ecological zones and five different agroforestry and livestock technologies arising from collaborative national–international agricultural research. Poverty alleviation is a process that needs to be understood before impact can be measured. Workshops such as those we describe can help researchers to identify farmers' different ways of managing and using a technology and likely effects, unanticipated impacts, major impacts to pursue in more quantitative studies, the primary links between agricultural technology and poverty, and key conditioning factors affecting adoption and impact that can be used to stratify samples in more formal analyses. Farmer workshops inform other qualitative and quantitative impact assessment methods. We discuss the linkage of farmer-derived information with GIS-based approaches that allow more complete specification of recommendation domains and broader-scale measurement of impact.
3. Building institutions for endogenous development: using local knowledge as a bridge
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Grade, Jeanne T. (author), Tabuti, John R.S. (author), and Van Damme, Patrick (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2009
- Published:
- Uganda
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01261
- Notes:
- Pages 255-266 in Pascal C. Sanginga, Ann Waters-Bayer, Susan Kaaria, Jemimah Njuki and Chesha Wettasinha (Eds.), Innovation Africa: enriching farmers' livelihoods. Earthscan, London, England. 405 pages.
4. Farmer-based experimentation with velvetbean: innovation within tradition
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Buckles, D. (author) and Perales, H. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 1999
- Published:
- Mexico
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14396
- Notes:
- Chapter 2 in Gordon Prain, Sam Fujisaka and Michael D. Warren (eds.), Biological and cultural diversity: the role of indigenous agricultural experimentation in development. Intermediate Technology Publications, London. 1999. 218 pages
5. How Programme Teams Progress Agricultural Innovation in the Australian Dairy Industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nettle, Ruth (author), Brightling, Pauline (author), Hope, Anne (author), and The University of Melbourne Harris Park Group, Ltd.
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-06-04
- Published:
- Australia: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10956
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(3) : 271-290
- Notes:
- 21 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This article outlines the emergence of programme teams in the Australian dairy farm sector as a response to counter weaknesses in the institutional environment for agricultural innovation which favours technology adoption/diffusion approaches. Design/methodology/approach: The strengths, weaknesses and risks of different approaches to innovation in the Australian dairy sector RD&E system are analysed and key features of an emerging programme team approach defined. The programme team approach is compared and contrasted with the features of innovation capacity from international literature. An analysis of the relative investment in this innovation capacity in different topics or domains of dairy innovation is provided. Findings: The programme team approach to innovation involves groups of researchers, extension people, public and private organisations, farmers, community groups, and policy and service groups brought together to progress innovation and change in a topic area or domain. Leadership of the process is provided by an area expert or champion. The team takes responsibility for: (a) understanding the businesses of key players who have an influence in the innovation or domain; (b) deciding the nature of the desired change that all stakeholders can align to; (c) identifying features of the enabling environment to establish what capacity is needed; (d) designing a ‘route to change’ strategy (in contrast to traditional route-to-market thinking); and (e) piloting and refining the approach within the target populations. The group manages emerging risks and keeps on top of issues, as well as identifies any knowledge gaps for research that are preventing innovation and change. Conclusions/practical implications: The programme team approach provides a semi-formal governance mechanism for innovation to develop, despite an institutional environment that favours technology adoption. Further, the activities of programme teams consist of practices which integrate research-led and demand-pull approaches. Currently, investment in such innovation capacity is relatively low and highly variable across different topic domains. Added value: The article provides tangible activities that managers of agricultural RD&E programmes can invest in to progress systemic approaches to innovation and is a guide for agricultural education and extension practitioners to proceed in their innovation work.
6. How research assisted the rollout of a mobile agriculture information service
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mistry, Purvi (author) and Samant, Ameya (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- USA: Warc LTD
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: D07565
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Market Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 54 (5): 589-602
7. Institutionalizing end-user demand steering in agricultural R&D: farmer levy funding of R&D in The Netherlands
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Klerkx, Laurens (author) and Leeuwis, Cees (author)
- Format:
- unknown
- Publication Date:
- 2008
- Published:
- Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 197 Document Number: D09322
- Journal Title:
- Research Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 37 : 460-472
8. Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hellin, Jon (author) and Dixon, John (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Peru
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36047
- Notes:
- Pages 161-166 in Nina Lilja, John Dixon and Deborah Eade (eds.), Participatory research and gender analysis. Routledge, London, England. 208 pages.
9. Present status and prospects of research relating to the diffusion and use of new farm practices
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lionberger, H.F. (author)
- Format:
- Review
- Publication Date:
- 1960-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08405
- Journal Title:
- Review of Extension Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 1959
- Notes:
- Page 85 in Extension Circular 532, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1959, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Brief description of an update of a document of the same title, Journal Series 2047, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Columbia. 1959. 20 pages.
10. Updates from market researchers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Claussen, Ron (author), Marks, Steven (author), and Johnson, Jan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-05
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01552
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 51(4) : 55-56