Farmer Innovation in Africa (eBook, ePUB)

A Source of Inspiration for Agricultural Development
Redaktion: Reij, Chris; Waters-Bayer, Ann

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of Africa's major untapped resources is the creativity of its farmers. This book presents a series of clear and detailed studies that demonstrate how small-scale farmers, both men and women, experiment and innovate in order to improve their livelihoods, despite the adverse conditions and lack of appropriate external support with which they have to contend. The studies are based on fieldwork in a wide variety of farming systems throughout Africa, and have been written primarily by African researchers and extension specialists. Numerous lively examples show how a participatory approach to agricultural research and development that builds on local knowledge and innovation can stimulate the creativity of all involved - not only the farmers. This approach, which recognizes the farmers' capacity to innovate as the crucial component of success, provides a much-needed alternative to the conventional 'transfer of technology' paradigm. This book is a rich source of case studies and analyses of how agricultural research and development policy can be changed. It presents evidence of the resilience and resolution of rural communities in Africa and will be an inspiration for development workers, researchers and policy-makers, as well as for students and teachers of agriculture, environment and sustainable development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134205059
• Artikelnr.: 41208981

Autorenporträt

Chris Reij is a Fellow of the International Cooperation Centre of the Vrje Universiteit Amsterdam and co-editor of Sustaining Soils (Earthscan, 1996). Ann Waters-Bayer is an agricultural sociologist with the development agency ETC Ecoculture Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introducing the Farmer Innovation Approach and Some Remarkable
Innovators - Entering Research and Development in Land Husbandry through
Farmer Innovation * The Career and Influence of Barthelemy Kameni Djambou
in Cameroon * Ayelech Fikre: an Outstanding Woman Farmer in Amhara Region,
Ethiopia * Pits for Trees: How Farmers in Semi-arid Burkina Faso Increase
and Diversify Plant Biomass * Part 2: Building Partnerships for Innovation
in Land Husbandry - Forging Partnerships Between Farmers, Extension and
Research in Tanzania * Joining Forces to Discover and Celebrate Local
innovation in Land Husbandry in Tigray, Ethiopia * Part 3: Farmer
Innovation: Process, Evidence and Analysis - An Initial Analysis of Farmer
Innovators and their Innovations * Why do Farmers Innovate and why don't
they Innovate More? Insights from a Study in East Africa * Chain of
Innovations by Farmers in Cameroon * Women and Innovation: Experiences from
Promoting Farmer Innovation in East Africa * Innovators in Land Husbandry
in Arid Areas of Tunisia * Women's Innovations in Rural Livelihood Systems
in Arid Areas of Tunisia * Namwaya Sawadogo: the Ecologist of Touroum,
Burkina Faso * Outwitters of Water: Outstanding Irob Innovation in Northern
Ethiopia * A Challenge and an Opportunity: Innovation by Women Farmers in
Tigray * Part 4: Farmers' Evaluation and Extension of Local Innovations -
Community Assessment of Local Innovators in Northern Ethiopia * Stimulating
Creativity Among East Africa Farmers: from Isolated Individuals to
Interactive Groups * Facilitating Farmer-to-farmer Communication about
Innovation in Tigray * Innovation and Impact: a Preliminary Assessment in
Kabale, Uganda * Part 5: Stimulating and Supporting Joint Experimentation -
Participatory Technology Development on Soil Fertility Improvement in
Cameroon * Farmer-led Experimentation in the Dryland of Central Tigray *
Farmer Innovation and Plant Breeding; the Case of Maize K525 Created by
Emmanuek Kamgoue of Bandjous, West Cameroon * Joint Analysis of the
Sustainability of a Local SWC Technique in Burkina Faso * Sowing Maize in
Pits: Farmer Innovation in Southern Tanzania * Part 6: Raising Awareness,
Policy Lobbying and Mainstream - Understanding and Influencing Policy
Progress For SWC.* A Bridge Between Local Innovation, Development and
Research: the Regional Radio of Gafsa * Mainstream Participatory Approaches
to SWC in Zimbabwe * Liberating Local Creativity: Building on the 'Best
Farming Practices' Extension Approach from Tigray's Struggle for Liberation
* Impact of the Farmer Innovation Approach on the Attitude of Stakeholders
in Agriculture Development in Tunisia * An Encouraging Beginning * Index