Empowering farmers? Collaborative research at Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania

Autor:	Lars Olav Eik, Dismas L. Mwaseba, Z. S. K. Mvena, Fred H. Johnsen, Randi Kaarhus, Amon Z. Mattee
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Economic growth biology business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Development biology.organism_classification Livelihood Natural resource Tanzania Agriculture General partnership Research based Business Empowerment media_common
Zdroj:	Development in Practice. 25:347-359
ISSN:	1364-9213 0961-4524
DOI:	10.1080/09614524.2015.1019340
Popis:	This article presents experiences with collaborative and on-farm research based on the implementation of a four-year Programme for Agricultural and Natural Resources Transformation for Improved Livelihoods (PANTIL) at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Morogoro, Tanzania. It outlines the basic elements in the implementation of a programme aimed to be demand-based, and discusses the challenges encountered in combining collaborative research with the empowerment of farmers. Finally, the article draws out some lessons with implications for the future organisation of collaborative and on-farm agricultural research.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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