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
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.
Schwalbe, Julie (author / Living the Country Life), Van Hoorhis, Bob (author / Associated Ag Publications), Schroeder, Troy (author / Broadhead+Company), Will, Oscar H. III (author / GRIT), Welch, Bryan (author / Mother Earth News), Parry, Mike (author / National Association of Farm Broadscasting), Brown, Eric (author / Rural Lifestyle Market LLC), and Schimeck, Rosemary (author / Farm Progress)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2008-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28269
National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Platte City, Missouri.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-11-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28444
Notes:
5 pages., Summary of a panel discussion in a joint session of the 2008 NAFB convention and National AgriMarketing Association (NAMA) in Kansas City, Missouri. Panelists examine what it takes to cater to rural lifestyle needs and expectations.
