Increasing the Impacts of Participatory Research

Hellin, Jon; Bellon, Mauricio R.; Badstue, L.B.; Dixon, John; Rovere, Roberto La

doi:10.1017/s0014479707005935

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“…Secondly, and related to the first, participants can develop an appreciation for the knowledge held by different social groups -and for those groups themselves (Faridah et al 2017, this issue) by engaging in inter and intra-group interactions, identifying common concerns that foment community cohesion (Hellin et al 2008). Thirdly, together these processes can inspire local change by motivating a shared sense of social responsibility and collective action (Jones et al 2014).…”

Section: The Contact Zones Of Participatory Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging local communities in social learning for inclusive management of native fruit trees in the Central Western Ghats, India

Hegde¹,

Elias²,

Lamers³

et al. 2016

Forests, Trees and Livelihoods

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Participatory research and the social learning it supports are increasingly being used to improve forest management. Yet, the participation of women and other marginalized groups is often limited in these processes. This is a serious shortcoming, not only due to concerns for gender and social equity, but also because socially excluded, forest-dependent groups hold specific ecological knowledge, skills and interests that influence prospects for sustainable forest management. Carried out in India's Central Western Ghats, this study explores the potential participatory research holds for engaging communities in a socially inclusive learning process that can support forest management. Participatory tools -resource mapping, Four Cell Analysis, seasonal fruit calendar, and seasonal activity -were used to elicit information on native fruit tree diversity, phenology, agronomy, uses and marketing. We discuss the benefits of this research set-up which promoted interactions among individuals from different groups, who came to experience a common group identity. The notion of contact zones -where different cultures or groups meet and engage with each other in ways that can reduce conflicts or redress asymmetrical power relations -guides our analysis. We demonstrate that the contact zone created through research process facilitated multi-directional information sharing and supported collective actions for forest management.

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Section: The Contact Zones Of Participatory Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging local communities in social learning for inclusive management of native fruit trees in the Central Western Ghats, India

Hegde¹,

Elias²,

Lamers³

et al. 2016

Forests, Trees and Livelihoods

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“…If the research project is designed in a university or research institution that is less responsive to the existing problems of smallholder agriculture, it is unlikely that researchers would have the freedom to adopt participatory approaches and to respond to farmers' needs and priorities when carrying out the research. The same applies to participatory research projects that are carried out in countries or regions with a long history of supply-driven agricultural research and where the flow of information and technology is linear from researchers via extension agents to farmers (Biggs 1990;Neef 2005;Hellin et al 2008 …”

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“…Pretty 1995;Lilja and Bellon 2008). Today, most practitioners of participatory agricultural research emphasize a more functional role of participation (Hellin et al 2008), although the question of power relations in participatory approaches is still of great relevance, particularly when the research project focuses on marginalized groups, e.g., women, ethnic minority groups or the poor. Incorporating stakeholders in the research process often has an impact on social capital formation.…”

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Stakeholder participation in agricultural research projects: a conceptual framework for reflection and decision-making

2010

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Recent discourse in the field of participatory agricultural research has focused on how to blend various forms and intensities of stakeholder participation with quality agricultural science, moving beyond the simple ''farmer-first'' ideology of the 1980s and early 1990s. Yet, most existing frameworks of participation in agricultural research still adhere to a linear typology of participatory research with an inherent claim of ''the more participation, the better.'' In this article, we propose a new framework that looks at participatory research elements along different dimensions and attributes and thus takes into account the diversity and dynamics of agricultural research projects. The framework provides a basis for agricultural researchers engaged in participatory processes with local stakeholders to decide for which issues and in which phases certain participatory elements could be used in a specific research context. Rather than aiming at maximizing the adoption of participatory methods, it can thus become a tool for optimizing the use of participatory approaches in agricultural research. We conclude that this framework can be a starting point for a more thoughtful integration of participatory elements in agricultural research projects that does justice to the multidimensional and dynamic nature of stakeholder participation in varying contexts.

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“…Hellin et al (2008) suggested that the use of participatory approaches is one way to enhance rural innovation capacity, where such approaches may involve increased accessibility by farmers to externally developed technology, the joint development of relevant and appropriate technology by farmers and scientists, or the enhancement of local capacity to address problems and devise solutions. Hoffmann et al (2007) argued that the PRE approach may yield many innovations and new kinds of knowledge because farmers have far more opportunities than researchers for experimentation under different cultural and environmental conditions.…”

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The effects of a participatory approach on the adoption of agricultural technology: Focusing on the social network structure in rural Ethiopia

Takahashi¹,

Todo²,

Degefa³

2015

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This study empirically examined the effects of the participatory approach on the adoption of new crop varieties and agricultural practices. Particularly, we focused on the social network structure and examined how the introduced technologies diffused through networks in rural Ethiopia. Our empirical results indicate that if farmers knew and trusted fellow participants, the probability of adopting a new maize variety increased by 25 percentage points. However, this network had no statistical impact on the diffusion of new agricultural practices. We conclude that the participatory approach has great potential in the adoption of new crop varieties through the social networks of farmers in Ethiopia.

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Increasing the Impacts of Participatory Research

Cited by 43 publications

References 37 publications

Engaging local communities in social learning for inclusive management of native fruit trees in the Central Western Ghats, India

Engaging local communities in social learning for inclusive management of native fruit trees in the Central Western Ghats, India

Stakeholder participation in agricultural research projects: a conceptual framework for reflection and decision-making

The effects of a participatory approach on the adoption of agricultural technology: Focusing on the social network structure in rural Ethiopia

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