Les hommes sont des réseaux pensants

Darré, Jean-Pierre

doi:10.3406/socco.1991.986

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“…Following Darré's (1991) approach, we identified discussion networks by focusing on on-going debates among farmers regarding dairy farming, which revolve around the unstable parts of the local norms. This enabled farmers to choose among the many farmers they discussed with on a day-to-day basis, those with whom they specifically discussed dairy farming.…”

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Local Farmers' Organisations: A Space for Peer-to-Peer Learning? The Case of Milk Collection Cooperatives in Morocco

Faysse

Sraïri

Errahj

2012

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

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The study investigated to what extent local farmers' organisations are spaces where farmers discuss, learn, and innovate. Design/methodology/approach. Two milk collection cooperatives in Morocco were studied. The study analysed the discussion networks, their impacts on farmers' knowledge and innovation, and the performance of collective action at cooperative level. Findings. In both cooperatives, only two-thirds of the farmers regularly discussed dairy practices with other farmers. Most leaders of one cooperative were acknowledged to be experienced farmers and played key roles as advisors on dairy farming. Farmers' involvement in dialogue networks in this cooperative improved their capacity to innovate in dairy farming, even though their knowledge on some issues related to cattle health and nutrition was not improved. In the other cooperative, experienced farmers did not share their knowledge and farmers' involvement in dialogue networks at cooperative level had no impact on their knowledge and practices. Dialogue networks and collective action were found to influence each other, since in the first cooperative, collective action was considered by members to be efficient, whereas in the second collective action was limited to milk collection. Practical implications. The study enabled identification of stumbling blocks which need to be addressed to get local farmers' organisations involved in farmer capacity building. Originality/value. While the importance of local discussion networks for knowledge creation and diffusion is widely acknowledged, taking such networks into account in farmers' capacity building programmes in developing countries has been hindered by their informality. Combining the analysis of dialogue networks and collective action proved to be a productive way to assess the potentialities of working with farmers' organisations with the aim of establishing a connection with local discussion networks. Paper type. Original study.

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Local Farmers' Organisations: A Space for Peer-to-Peer Learning? The Case of Milk Collection Cooperatives in Morocco

Faysse

Sraïri

Errahj

2012

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

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“…Pinpointing our research through Darré's (1991) criteria of interactions, we develop our study around the following elements of interactions between actors (farmers with farmers and farmers with actors across networks) and their sources of knowledge and discourses they produce in relation to their actions and innovativeness. Our unit of analysis thus includes farmers along with their mode of interactions within and outside the community of practice (networks) that links to innovativeness amongst farmers, particularly focusing on innovation that is created within the rural cattle farmer group.…”

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Understanding rural Do-It-Yourself science through social learning in communities of practice

Wulandhari

Dora

Samuel

2021

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…The strategy to work with existing dialogue groups, rather than with random groups of farmers, is backed up in the literature on learning and innovation among farmers. Darré (Darré et al ., ; Darré, , ) in his extensive body of work emphasized the central role of dialogue in informal localized groups of farmers in shaping and changing their farming practice. Morgan () in his study of farmers converting to organic farming concluded that regular contact in dialogue groups is crucial to engaging in learning communities.…”

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Engaging Farmers in a Research Project. Lessons Learned from Implementing the Community of Practice Concept in Innovation Platforms in Irrigated Schemes in Tunisia, Mozambique and Ethiopia

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Ludi

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Irrigation and Drainage

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The role of smallholder farmers in multi‐stakeholder innovation platforms and thus in the innovation process that these platforms facilitate is typically limited. The EAU4Food project, aimed at increasing food production in irrigation schemes in Africa through improved farming strategies, used a platform design inspired by the community of practice (CoP) concept, which opened up space for farmers' interactive learning and enabled their active participation in the innovation process. In this article we present examples of how this approach has been implemented in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tunisia. We analyse the level of farmers' participation that was achieved at different stages of the implementation process, namely: deciding how to set up the CoP, identifying innovation needs and conducting the experiment. Among different strategies deployed by EAU4Food researchers, working with dialogue groups, engaging farmers in data interpretation and passing the responsibility over elements of the research process to farmers, proved to be the most effective in strengthening farmers' involvement. The use of a simulation game to test innovations also showed promising results and should be explored further. The attitude of researchers proved to be an important factor in achieving a high level of farmers' engagement in the project. Copyright © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Les hommes sont des réseaux pensants

Cited by 15 publications

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Local Farmers' Organisations: A Space for Peer-to-Peer Learning? The Case of Milk Collection Cooperatives in Morocco

Local Farmers' Organisations: A Space for Peer-to-Peer Learning? The Case of Milk Collection Cooperatives in Morocco

Understanding rural Do-It-Yourself science through social learning in communities of practice

Engaging Farmers in a Research Project. Lessons Learned from Implementing the Community of Practice Concept in Innovation Platforms in Irrigated Schemes in Tunisia, Mozambique and Ethiopia

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