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2. Farmer participatory research: Why extension workers should understand and facilitate farmers’ role transitions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hauser, Michael (author), Lindtner, Mara (author), Prehsler, Sarah (author), Probst, Lorenz (author), and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-07-30
- Published:
- Austria: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10962
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 47(2016) : 52-61
- Notes:
- 9 pages, via online journal, Farmers who engage in farmer participatory research (FPR) change their established social roles in households and communities. As such, comprehension of farmers’ role transitions is important to understand the extrinsic and intrinsic factors impeding or supporting the uptake and use of FPR by farmers. The existing FPR literature, however, does not address such role transitions. In this study, we analyzed farmers’ experiences with FPR and underlying role transitions in a commercial organic agriculture project in western Uganda. We drew on quantitative and qualitative data from interviews, group discussions, and observations involving farmers and extension workers. Our results suggest extrinsic and intrinsic factors affect farmers’ self-conception, influencing their willingness to participate in FPR. The level of alignment between the self-conception and the anticipated role determines farmers’ decision regarding participation in FPR and affects their response pattern. Farmers’ response pattern and individual set of inhibitors and facilitators lead to the experience of role insufficiency or role mastery, which is crucial for farmers’ continuation or termination of on-farm experiments. Understanding and facilitating role transitions is, therefore, essential for sustaining on-farm experiments, which complements current technical FPR training.
3. Improving the output of agricultural extension and research through participatory innovation development and extension; experiences from ZimbabweN
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chuma, E. (author), Hagmann, J. (author), Murwira, K (author), and AGRITEX/GTZ Conservation Tillage Project, P.O. Box 790, Masvingo}AGRITEX/GTZ Conservation Tillage Project, P.O. Box 790, Masvingo}ITDG Chivi Food Security Project, P.O. Box 576, Chivi
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1996
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08889
- Journal Title:
- European Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 2(4) : 15-24
- Notes:
- This paper describes the rationale for a change from conventional extension towards participatory innovation development and extension. The "Conservation Tillage Project" and the "Food Security Project" developed such an approach and have embarked on institutionalisation of this approach into the agricultural extension service in Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe. Dialogue with farmers, farmer experimentation and the strengthening ofself-organisational capacities of rural communities are the major elements to improve development and spreading of innovations, thus the efficiency of extension. The new approach requires a role change of agricultural extension workers from teacher to facilitator as well as appropriate methods and tools. Elements of "Training for Transformation" and Participatory Rural Appraisal(PRA) were tested and developed and were found to be effective tools. The strategy to institutionalise participatory extension is based on joining efforts and networking with other organisations, a campaign to familiarise institutional staff and a training and follow-up programme for staff in the framework of organisational development. The experiences show that the attitudinal change required to implement participatory approaches is highly depended on personalities. To have an impact on the change of attitudes a continuous medium-term training process with a close follow-up is required. The paper concludes that institutionalisation of participatory approaches into hierarchically structured organisations is a highly complex intervention. In order to besuccessful, major changes in planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation procedures are required. Changes of that nature require a process of at least 5 to 10 years and high commitment on the side of institutional staff on all levels and donors as well.
4. Satellite farm : 'farmer-led farmer approach' for sustainable farm enterprises and human development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ponnusamy, K.A. (author), Permumal, G. (author), and Division of Agricultural Extension
- Format:
- Monograph
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- India: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C20025
- Notes:
- Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 25-35; From "Krishi vigyan kendra : a movement"
5. Small farmer participation in the CTTA-Honduras project: A case study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Nuila, Ramon W. (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09929
- Notes:
- NCR-90 Collection, From Document D09924, "Department of agricultural journalism University of Wisconsin-Madison: Faculty and graduate student research, 1990". Page 6.
6. Some advice from farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Thomas, Graeme (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- Sri Lanka
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08432
- Journal Title:
- Ceres
- Journal Title Details:
- 145 : 31
7. The Growers' Roundtable: Encouraging Conversations About Critical Farmers' Market Management Issues
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Briggs, Suzanne (author), Lev, Larry (author), and Stefani-Ruff, Dianne (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26200
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 45(4)
- Notes:
- 4 p.