Farmer research networks in principle and practice
| Autor: | Kate Wellard, Marah Moore, Richard Coe, Mary Richardson, Rodrigo Paz Y, Katrien Descheemaeker, Peter Gubbels, Bettina I. G. Haussmann, Rebecca Nelson, Jane Maland Cady, Frank Tchuwa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Research program Knowledge management media_common.quotation_subject farmer research networks participatory Participatory action research Context (language use) principles law.invention law Agency (sociology) Sociology media_common learning business.industry Citizen journalism Creativity PE&RC Organizational capital Plant Production Systems Plantaardige Productiesystemen agency CLARITY systems business Agronomy and Crop Science Agroecology engagement |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 20 (2022) 3 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 20(3), 247-264 |
| ISSN: | 1473-5903 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14735903.2021.1930954 |
| Popis: | In 2013, the Collaborative Crop Research Program (McKnight Foundation), initiated support for farmer research networks (FRNs). FRNs were envisaged as a general approach to networked participatory research aimed at supporting the agroecological intensification (AEI) of smallholder farming in ten countries in Africa and the Andes region in South America. The 30 FRNs ranged in size from 15 to more than 2,000 farmers. Rather than imposing a rigid FRN model, the programme used principles to guide action and reflection. The principles concerned ways of working with farmers, conducting research, and networking. This approach made it possible to reflect on how principles were interpreted, implemented, and used to guide learning in different contexts. This paper reports on insights gained from facilitated learning from 2013–2019 and focuses on subsets of diverse FRNs. Of the 30 FRNs supported, four were analyzed at some depth, reports and interviews were analyzed for 16, and a survey was conducted for 21. Relying on principles rather than an operational model has allowed for their progressive application, as participatory processes, farmer engagement, organizational capital, trust, and networks are built. Any reduced clarity and coherence seem outweighed by greater adaptability to context and resulting creativity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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