Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania
The ResComm project, "Enabling a Resilient and Prosperous Community through Participatory Agroecological Practices in Central Tanzania," has significantly enhanced agricultural productivity and resilience among smallholder farmers. Using a lead farmer-centric approach across eight community learning...
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
2024
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| author | Desta, Gizaw Ngowi, Peter |
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| description | The ResComm project, "Enabling a Resilient and Prosperous Community through Participatory Agroecological Practices in Central Tanzania," has significantly enhanced agricultural productivity and resilience among smallholder farmers. Using a lead farmer-centric approach across eight community learning sites, the project promoted integrated agroecological practices, including improved crop varieties, intercropping, tie ridges, and Fanya juu/ chini* soil conservation techniques. Between 2021 and 2023, over 650 farmers directly adopted these innovations, benefiting over 7,300 indirectly, with an additional 400 adopting them in 2024. Yields of pigeonpea and sorghum increased by up to 2–3 times, and adoption rates in participating villages reached 60–90%. The project also empowered women, who made up 45% of beneficiaries, and delivered environmental and economic benefits, including increased income and reduced land degradation. ResComm demonstrates the potential for scaling sustainable practices across similar regions, fostering agricultural transformation, improved livelihoods, and climate resilience. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1627602024-11-27T02:02:16Z Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania Desta, Gizaw Ngowi, Peter crop production resilience agroecosystems high-yielding varieties capacity development The ResComm project, "Enabling a Resilient and Prosperous Community through Participatory Agroecological Practices in Central Tanzania," has significantly enhanced agricultural productivity and resilience among smallholder farmers. Using a lead farmer-centric approach across eight community learning sites, the project promoted integrated agroecological practices, including improved crop varieties, intercropping, tie ridges, and Fanya juu/ chini* soil conservation techniques. Between 2021 and 2023, over 650 farmers directly adopted these innovations, benefiting over 7,300 indirectly, with an additional 400 adopting them in 2024. Yields of pigeonpea and sorghum increased by up to 2–3 times, and adoption rates in participating villages reached 60–90%. The project also empowered women, who made up 45% of beneficiaries, and delivered environmental and economic benefits, including increased income and reduced land degradation. ResComm demonstrates the potential for scaling sustainable practices across similar regions, fostering agricultural transformation, improved livelihoods, and climate resilience. 2024-11-21 2024-11-26T14:34:33Z 2024-11-26T14:34:33Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162760 en Open Access application/pdf International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Desta, Gizaw, Ngowi Peter. 2024. Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania |
| spellingShingle | crop production resilience agroecosystems high-yielding varieties capacity development Desta, Gizaw Ngowi, Peter Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania |
| title | Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania |
| title_full | Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania |
| title_short | Farmer-centric Scaling of Agroecology Innovations Boosts Crop Productivity and Increases Adoption in Central Tanzania |
| title_sort | farmer centric scaling of agroecology innovations boosts crop productivity and increases adoption in central tanzania |
| topic | crop production resilience agroecosystems high-yielding varieties capacity development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162760 |
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