Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach
Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with simi...
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| author | Douthwaite, Boru Baker, Derek Weise, Stephan F. Gockowski, J. Manyong, Victor M. Keatinge, J.D.H. |
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| description | Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with similar conditions. The CGIAR system has been developing ecoregional research as a new paradigm for over a decade. In this paper we evaluate one of the most ambitious of these initiatives called the Benchmark Area Approach (BAA) pioneered by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. We evaluate the BAA against nine good practice criteria for ecoregional research and finding that the approach is delivering, or has the potential to deliver, on all nine. Many of the lessons learnt from this evaluation will be relevant to current and future attempts to undertake co-ordinated multi-locational research for development. |
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| spelling | CGSpace433682024-11-15T08:52:08Z Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach Douthwaite, Boru Baker, Derek Weise, Stephan F. Gockowski, J. Manyong, Victor M. Keatinge, J.D.H. agroclimatic zones natural resources sustainability resource management methods evaluation community involvement zonas agroclimáticas recursos naturales sostenibilidad manejo de los recursos métodos evaluación participación comunitaria ecoregional research foods green revolution genetic benchmark Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with similar conditions. The CGIAR system has been developing ecoregional research as a new paradigm for over a decade. In this paper we evaluate one of the most ambitious of these initiatives called the Benchmark Area Approach (BAA) pioneered by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. We evaluate the BAA against nine good practice criteria for ecoregional research and finding that the approach is delivering, or has the potential to deliver, on all nine. Many of the lessons learnt from this evaluation will be relevant to current and future attempts to undertake co-ordinated multi-locational research for development. 2005-07 2014-09-24T08:42:01Z 2014-09-24T08:42:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43368 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press DOUTHWAITE, B., BAKER, D., WEISE, S., GOCKOWSKI, J., MANYONG, V. M., & KEATINGE, J. D. H. (2005). ECOREGIONAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA: LEARNING LESSONS FROM IITA’S BENCHMARK AREA APPROACH. Experimental Agriculture, 41(3), 271–298. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479705002681 |
| spellingShingle | agroclimatic zones natural resources sustainability resource management methods evaluation community involvement zonas agroclimáticas recursos naturales sostenibilidad manejo de los recursos métodos evaluación participación comunitaria ecoregional research foods green revolution genetic benchmark Douthwaite, Boru Baker, Derek Weise, Stephan F. Gockowski, J. Manyong, Victor M. Keatinge, J.D.H. Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach |
| title | Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach |
| title_full | Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach |
| title_fullStr | Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach |
| title_short | Ecoregional research in Africa: Learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach |
| title_sort | ecoregional research in africa learning lessons from iita s benchmark area approach |
| topic | agroclimatic zones natural resources sustainability resource management methods evaluation community involvement zonas agroclimáticas recursos naturales sostenibilidad manejo de los recursos métodos evaluación participación comunitaria ecoregional research foods green revolution genetic benchmark |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43368 |
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