Jiggins, Janice (author / Freelance Consultant, Andelst, The Netherlands) and Freelance Consultant, Andelst, The Netherlands
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1989-02
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 74 Document Number: C03705
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Guelph, Canada : University of Guelph, Department of Rural Extension Studies, 1989. 16 p. (Occasional Papers in Rural Extension, No. 5)
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
traditional knowledge, Evans, cited reference, Although inter-cropping (IC) is widely practiced in rank that practical small -- scale agricultural and agricultural research scientist have not systematically explored. The rationale for and have rarely attempted to improve it. Instead, they have concentrated on planting crops computer stands an extension advice has been to replace. IC with peer strands. This has reduced the impact of the research and extension activities. A review of East Africa experience from the 1930s, considers reasons for the research concentration on Pier stand planting and reveals two phases one formal experiments on IC were carried out. Despite generally favorable results, neither of these lead to, including IC an extension, advised to farmers. IC can contribute to one more of five, and objectives of small-scale farmers, but the standard design of agronomic experiments at best of takes account of only one of these, so that benefits are underestimated the erroneous policy conclusions drawn the paper advocates, enter alia, bolted disciplinary research for small-scale agriculture and active participation by farmers themselves.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17322
Notes:
Paper presented at a meeting about involving farmers in the development of agricultural technology, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, September 20-25, 1983., Pages 139-150 in Peter Matlon, Ronald Cantrell, David King and Michel Benoit-Cattin (eds), Coming full circle: farmers' participation in the development of technology. IDRC-189e, International Development Research Centre, Canada. 176 pages.
This study empirically examined the effects of the participatory approach on the adoption of new crop varieties and agricultural practices. Particularly, we focused on the social network structure and examined how the introduced technologies diffused through networks in rural Ethiopia. Our empirical results indicate that if farmers knew and trusted fellow participants, the probability of adopting a new variety increased by 25 percentage points. However, this network had no statistical impact on the diffusion of new agricultural practices. We conclude that the participatory approach has great potential in the adoption of new crop varieties through the social networks of farmers in Ethiopia.
