Grounding agricultural research in resource-poor farmers' needs: a comparative analysis of diagnostic studies in Ghana and Benin

Nederlof, E. Suzanne; Tossou, Rigobert; Sakyi-Dawson, O.; Kossou, D.K.

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“…Adaptation also varies from farm to farm, village to village, community to community and even household to household in the same community (Thapa and Weber, 1990). So, it is imperative task for assessing the adaptation of a new or developed technology through examining that who are adopting improved technology or who are adopting them at a lower rate the other groups (Doss and Morris, 2001;Nederlof et al 2004). …”

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Crab Fattening in Bangladesh: A Socio-economic Perspective

Ferdoushi

2015

J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources

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Abstract:The study was conducted to assess the socio-economic condition of the crab fatteners in the southwest part of Bangladesh. About 52% farmers have an experience of 5 to 10 years of indicating that involvement in mud crab fattening is the recent development and innovation in those areas. The Hindus in the coastal region found to have more interest in crab farming. On the other hand, about 27% Muslim were also found to involve in this farming. Comparatively higher involvements of Hindus farmers were found in Khulna region. Mostly young people found to have more involvement ranging from 26 to 35 years old which constituted more than 38% of the total interviewed population. About 40% farmers showed higher satisfaction by crab fattening while, few farmers reported some negative perception. Most of their farming were small scale and the farmers also accounted the higher seed cost with low profitability. However, well developed co-operation and partnership between farmers, fishermen, middlemen and wholesaler can also improve this sector for sustainable development.

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Crab Fattening in Bangladesh: A Socio-economic Perspective

Ferdoushi

2015

J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources

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“…We remarked earlier that, at the time of writing this introduction, the researchers are still working on their field experiments so that we cannot judge the quality of the diagnostic studies from the point of view of outcomes. However, some preliminary observations are made in the concluding article (Nederlof et al, 2004) on the consequences of the diagnostic studies for the course the various research activities are taking. Below we develop some criteria for assessing the quality of the choices made.…”

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Linking science and farmers' innovative capacity: diagnostic studies from Ghana and Benin

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The article is an introduction to a series of articles about diagnostic studies carried out by eight PhD students in Ghana and Benin. These studies form a prelude to their experimental action research with groups of farmers to develop technologies that work in local conditions and are acceptable to farmers.A last article reports on a comparison of these eight studies by the ninth PhD student in the Convergence of Sciences (CoS) project. In this introductory article, it is argued that the need to ground agricultural research in the needs and circumstances of farmers is as strong as the need to ground research in the international scientific discourse. It explores the reasons why the West African context requires careful diagnostic studies to be able to design agricultural research that is of any use. It introduces preanalytical choice as an overriding concept to explain why choices that reduce the degrees of freedom have to be made explicitly on the basis of criteria. Such criteria are suggested for the quality of preanalytical choices, and the paper ends by examining the way the CoS project made some of its choices.

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“…(1) The senior author compared the eight diagnostic studies (Nederlof et al, 2004). to check the database with information on their experiments.…”

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“…They did not follow a uniform design and dealt with causes for the problems identified and negotiated possible research interventions and agreements on the roles of the different stakeholders. For further details see Nederlof et al (2004).…”

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Pathway for agricultural science impact in West Africa: lessons from the Convergence of Sciences programme

Nederlof

Röling

Huis

2007

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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The impact of agricultural research on the livelihoods of resource-poor farmers in West Africa has been disappointing. This article reports on research on agricultural research that sought to identify an alternative pathway of science that would lead to greater impact. It is based on the analysis of the work at eight pilot learning sites in the Convergence of Sciences (CoS) programme. Each site featured research for development with resource-poor farmers and other stakeholders. On the basis of literature review, we first built a perspective on the mix of research outcomes that seems necessary for agricultural research to be demand-driven and client-oriented. This perspective then served as the framework for analysis of the work at the eight learning sites. Adapted and consolidated on the basis of this empirical work, the framework represents a set of preliminary ideas for designing an effective pathway for agricultural science. The analysis shows that CoS has, in a number of diverse contexts and with respect to different crops, demonstrated that it is possible to establish vibrant multistakeholder learning coalitions at the local and programme levels that generate a great deal of enthusiasm and drive. It is further possible to identify promising opportunities that can be effectively addressed by agricultural research, if that research is multi-disciplinary, refrains from making constraining pre-analytical choices, pays attention to institutional aspects, and uses procedures that ensure that research is not only supply-, but also demand-driven. The study fills a gap in defining the nature of the components of a meaningful agricultural innovation system. The institutional dynamics at the macro level remain to be addressed in CoS' second phase. The present paper reports on the social dimensions and methodological issues of the first phase of the programme. The outcomes of the agronomic experiments with farmers will be reported elsewhere.

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Grounding agricultural research in resource-poor farmers' needs: a comparative analysis of diagnostic studies in Ghana and Benin

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Crab Fattening in Bangladesh: A Socio-economic Perspective

Crab Fattening in Bangladesh: A Socio-economic Perspective

Linking science and farmers' innovative capacity: diagnostic studies from Ghana and Benin

Pathway for agricultural science impact in West Africa: lessons from the Convergence of Sciences programme

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