Farmer first revisited : innovation for agricultural research and development
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Farmer first revisited : innovation for agricultural research and development
Practical Action Publishing, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Agriculture is an urgent global priority and farmers find themselves in the front line of some of the world's most pressing issues- climate change, globalization and food security. Twenty years ago, the Farmer First workshop held at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, launched a movement to encourage farmer participation in agricultural research and development (R & D), responding to farmers' needs in complex, diverse, risk-prone environments, and promoting sustainable livelihoods and agriculture. Since that time, methodological, institutional and policy experiments have unfolded around the world. Farmer First Revisited returns to the debates about farmer participation in agricultural R & D and looks to the future.The book presents a range of experiences that highlight the importance of going beyond a focus on the farm to a wider innovation system, including market interactions as well as the wider institutional and policy environment. If, however, farmers are really to be put first, a politics of demand is required in order to shape the direction of these innovative systems.
Table of Contents
- Prelims (Foreword - Robert Chambers)
- Part I: Revisiting Farmer First
- Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development
- Ian Scoones and John Thompson
- Challenges to strenghtening agricultural innovation systems: where do we go from here? Andy Hall
- Fostering Farmer First methodological innovation: organizational learning and change in international agricultural research
- Jacqueline A. Ashby
- Part II: Systems of innovation
- Developing seed systems in Africa
- Jean Claude Rubyogoand Louise Sperling
- Client-oriented breeding and seed supply
- John Witcombe, Krishna Devkota, Daljit Virk, Krishna Rawal, Satish Prasad, Vikas Kumar and Krishna Joshi
- Learning from experience: potato innovation systems and participatory research
- Oscar Ortiz, Ricardo Orrego, Willy Pradel, Peter Gildermacher, Renee Castillo, Ronal Otiniano, Julio Gabriel, Juan Vallejo, Omar Torres, Part III: The politics of demand and organizational change
- Part IV: New professionalism, learning and change
- Part V: Looking forward
- Back Matter (Appendix 1: List of participants and contributors, References, Index)
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