A social networks approach for strengthening participation in technology innovation: lessons learnt from the Mount Elgon region of Kenya and Uganda
| Autor: | Keith M. Moore, E. Omondi, Dennis S. Ashilenje, R. Laker-Ojok, Johnstone Odera, D.N. Sikuku, Jay B. Norton, Jennifer N. Lamb |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Economic growth Knowledge management Social network Agricultural machinery business.industry Participatory action research Citizen journalism 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Participatory GIS 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Business Agricultural productivity Agronomy and Crop Science Social network analysis Legitimacy 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 14:65-81 |
| ISSN: | 1747-762X 1473-5903 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14735903.2015.1025479 |
| Popis: | Participatory approaches to agricultural technology development have not yet fully lived up to their promise to incorporate farmer knowledge. This paper introduces a social networks approach (SNA) to improve participatory research processes for co-innovation. Drawing upon findings from a collaborative project developing conservation agricultural production systems for smallholders in western Kenya and eastern Uganda, the paper explores farmer support networks to improve participation in technological innovation and development. Key research themes include: identifying farmers’ agricultural production networks; the local articulation of agricultural production networks and mindsets; using networks to facilitate meaningful participation in technology development; and disadvantages and advantages of using a social network approach. The introduction of SNA improved participatory research by building external and internal legitimacy for determining who participates, discouraging participatory attrition, and pr... |
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