Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador
In 1990, the Government of El Salvador closed the National Center for Agricultural Technology (Spanish acronym: CENTA) and dismissed its 2700 staff. A few months later, it reopened the institute with a staff of 700, and gave it a clear task: to become an efficient and effective organization. The new...
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International Service for National Agricultural Research
1997
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| author | Hobbs, S. Huntington Larios, J. F. Arias Milla, F. R. Vides, Jose Eduardo |
| author_browse | Arias Milla, F. R. Hobbs, S. Huntington Larios, J. F. Vides, Jose Eduardo |
| author_facet | Hobbs, S. Huntington Larios, J. F. Arias Milla, F. R. Vides, Jose Eduardo |
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| description | In 1990, the Government of El Salvador closed the National Center for Agricultural Technology (Spanish acronym: CENTA) and dismissed its 2700 staff. A few months later, it reopened the institute with a staff of 700, and gave it a clear task: to become an efficient and effective organization. The new CENTA leadership worked to create a new organization, in which the farmer would play a key role. The research partnership it built with farmers is based on five critical practices: (1) improving CENTA's access to farmers, (2) collecting in-depth information about farmers, (3) involving farmers in research planning, (4) involving farmers in research implementation, and (5) sharing research information with farmers. In a short time, CENTA improved the well-being of an impressive number of farmers and documented these improvements. For these reasons, ISNAR recorded CENTA's procedures for working with farmers as a "benchmark" for agricultural research organizations. A benchmark is an example of a particularly successful management practice from one organization that is documented and used as a model for other organizations. This Briefing Paper is the second of a series of benchmarks that ISNAR is documenting from national agricultural research organizations in developing countries. The intent is that these benchmarks will inspire other research organizations to copy or adapt aspects of the successful management practices described. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1362362025-01-09T06:04:18Z Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador Hobbs, S. Huntington Larios, J. F. Arias Milla, F. R. Vides, Jose Eduardo agriculture research farms technology transfer participatory approaches management research institutions case studies In 1990, the Government of El Salvador closed the National Center for Agricultural Technology (Spanish acronym: CENTA) and dismissed its 2700 staff. A few months later, it reopened the institute with a staff of 700, and gave it a clear task: to become an efficient and effective organization. The new CENTA leadership worked to create a new organization, in which the farmer would play a key role. The research partnership it built with farmers is based on five critical practices: (1) improving CENTA's access to farmers, (2) collecting in-depth information about farmers, (3) involving farmers in research planning, (4) involving farmers in research implementation, and (5) sharing research information with farmers. In a short time, CENTA improved the well-being of an impressive number of farmers and documented these improvements. For these reasons, ISNAR recorded CENTA's procedures for working with farmers as a "benchmark" for agricultural research organizations. A benchmark is an example of a particularly successful management practice from one organization that is documented and used as a model for other organizations. This Briefing Paper is the second of a series of benchmarks that ISNAR is documenting from national agricultural research organizations in developing countries. The intent is that these benchmarks will inspire other research organizations to copy or adapt aspects of the successful management practices described. 1997 2024-01-04T07:47:42Z 2024-01-04T07:47:42Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136236 en Open Access application/pdf International Service for National Agricultural Research Hobbs, S. Huntington, Larios, J. F., Arias Milla, F. R., Vides, Jose Eduardo. 1997. Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador. International Service for National Agricultural Research |
| spellingShingle | agriculture research farms technology transfer participatory approaches management research institutions case studies Hobbs, S. Huntington Larios, J. F. Arias Milla, F. R. Vides, Jose Eduardo Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador |
| title | Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador |
| title_full | Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador |
| title_fullStr | Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador |
| title_short | Benchmark Study. A Research Partnership with Farmers: The Case of CENTA in El Salvador |
| title_sort | benchmark study a research partnership with farmers the case of centa in el salvador |
| topic | agriculture research farms technology transfer participatory approaches management research institutions case studies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136236 |
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