How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)

Key messages: Network analysis provides a mechanism to both understand how information and communication structures vary across sites, and to identify opportunities for intervening in ways that may improve communication flows. Farmer-expert network structures differ between Lushoto and Rakai. Farme...

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Main Authors: Jha, Yamini, Welch, Eric W., Ogwal-Omara, Richard, Halewood, Michael
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79794
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description Key messages: Network analysis provides a mechanism to both understand how information and communication structures vary across sites, and to identify opportunities for intervening in ways that may improve communication flows. Farmer-expert network structures differ between Lushoto and Rakai. Farmers and expert organizations are more directly connected in Lushoto than in Rakai. This may mean that Lushoto farmers have more immediate access to climate smart technologies and information. District level expert organizations are more interconnected in Rakai compared to Lushoto. However, local level expert organizations are more connected in Lushoto. These findings may indicate opportunities for improved connections at the local and district levels in Rakai and Lushoto, respectively. This comparative analysis shows that Rakai communication networks could be improved through better connections among local experts and between experts and farmers.
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spelling CGSpace797942025-11-05T08:23:21Z How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania) Jha, Yamini Welch, Eric W. Ogwal-Omara, Richard Halewood, Michael climate change agriculture food security network analysis Key messages: Network analysis provides a mechanism to both understand how information and communication structures vary across sites, and to identify opportunities for intervening in ways that may improve communication flows. Farmer-expert network structures differ between Lushoto and Rakai. Farmers and expert organizations are more directly connected in Lushoto than in Rakai. This may mean that Lushoto farmers have more immediate access to climate smart technologies and information. District level expert organizations are more interconnected in Rakai compared to Lushoto. However, local level expert organizations are more connected in Lushoto. These findings may indicate opportunities for improved connections at the local and district levels in Rakai and Lushoto, respectively. This comparative analysis shows that Rakai communication networks could be improved through better connections among local experts and between experts and farmers. 2016-11-15 2017-02-08T12:52:39Z 2017-02-08T12:52:39Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79794 en Open Access application/pdf Jha Y, Welch E, Ogwal-Omara R, Halewood M. 2016. How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania). CCAFS Info Note. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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agriculture
food security
network analysis
Jha, Yamini
Welch, Eric W.
Ogwal-Omara, Richard
Halewood, Michael
How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)
title How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)
title_full How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)
title_fullStr How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)
title_full_unstemmed How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)
title_short How are the meso-level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves? Comparing Rakai (Uganda) and Lushoto (Tanzania)
title_sort how are the meso level expert organizations connected to farmers and among themselves comparing rakai uganda and lushoto tanzania
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
network analysis
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79794
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