Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso

Numerous innovation platforms have been implemented to encourage the adoption of agricultural innovations and stakeholder interactions within a value chain. Yet little research has been undertaken on the design and implementation of innovation platforms focussing on issues other than market access a...

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Main Authors: Dabiré, Der, Andrieu, Nadine, Djamen, Patrice, Coulibaly, Kalifa, Posthumus, Helena, Diallo, Amadou Mohamadoun, Medina, Karambiri, Douzet, Jean-Marie, Triomphe, Bernard
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Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82584
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author Dabiré, Der
Andrieu, Nadine
Djamen, Patrice
Coulibaly, Kalifa
Posthumus, Helena
Diallo, Amadou Mohamadoun
Medina, Karambiri
Douzet, Jean-Marie
Triomphe, Bernard
author_browse Andrieu, Nadine
Coulibaly, Kalifa
Dabiré, Der
Diallo, Amadou Mohamadoun
Djamen, Patrice
Douzet, Jean-Marie
Medina, Karambiri
Posthumus, Helena
Triomphe, Bernard
author_facet Dabiré, Der
Andrieu, Nadine
Djamen, Patrice
Coulibaly, Kalifa
Posthumus, Helena
Diallo, Amadou Mohamadoun
Medina, Karambiri
Douzet, Jean-Marie
Triomphe, Bernard
author_sort Dabiré, Der
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description Numerous innovation platforms have been implemented to encourage the adoption of agricultural innovations and stakeholder interactions within a value chain. Yet little research has been undertaken on the design and implementation of innovation platforms focussing on issues other than market access and aiming to encourage agro-ecological intensification. This is the case for the development of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in West Africa, which due to its complex nature calls for technical, organizational and institutional changes at the level of both production systems and village territories. This article analyses the design and implementation process of platforms in three villages in Burkina Faso aiming to develop CA technical references with local stakeholders, and to renew rules of interaction between stakeholders within a territory. The platforms enabled farmers in the three villages to actively participate in the identification of the cropping systems that were tested and to improve their knowledge and mastery of CA. They furthermore promoted networking among producers and facilitated the development of new rules for crop residue use. The platforms thus appear to be relevant mechanisms, enabling complex innovations to be addressed. Diverse modifications and improvements are discussed that would ensure the sustainability of the platforms and the evolution of their objectives and activities beyond those of the project under which they were launched.
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spelling CGSpace825842025-03-13T09:44:04Z Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso Dabiré, Der Andrieu, Nadine Djamen, Patrice Coulibaly, Kalifa Posthumus, Helena Diallo, Amadou Mohamadoun Medina, Karambiri Douzet, Jean-Marie Triomphe, Bernard conservation agriculture innovation adoption soil tillage cropping systems diversification farmers adopción de innovaciones suelo labranza sistemas de cultivo diversificación Numerous innovation platforms have been implemented to encourage the adoption of agricultural innovations and stakeholder interactions within a value chain. Yet little research has been undertaken on the design and implementation of innovation platforms focussing on issues other than market access and aiming to encourage agro-ecological intensification. This is the case for the development of Conservation Agriculture (CA) in West Africa, which due to its complex nature calls for technical, organizational and institutional changes at the level of both production systems and village territories. This article analyses the design and implementation process of platforms in three villages in Burkina Faso aiming to develop CA technical references with local stakeholders, and to renew rules of interaction between stakeholders within a territory. The platforms enabled farmers in the three villages to actively participate in the identification of the cropping systems that were tested and to improve their knowledge and mastery of CA. They furthermore promoted networking among producers and facilitated the development of new rules for crop residue use. The platforms thus appear to be relevant mechanisms, enabling complex innovations to be addressed. Diverse modifications and improvements are discussed that would ensure the sustainability of the platforms and the evolution of their objectives and activities beyond those of the project under which they were launched. 2017-07 2017-06-23T19:56:28Z 2017-06-23T19:56:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82584 en Open Access Cambridge University Press Dabire, Der; Andrieu, Nadine; Djamen, Patrice; Coulibaly, Kalifa; Posthumus, Helena; Diallo, Amadou Mohamadoun; Medina, Karambiri; Douzet, Jean-Marie; Triomphe, Bernard. 2017. Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso . Experimental Agriculture 53(3): 460-470.
spellingShingle conservation agriculture
innovation adoption
soil
tillage
cropping systems
diversification
farmers
adopción de innovaciones
suelo
labranza
sistemas de cultivo
diversificación
Dabiré, Der
Andrieu, Nadine
Djamen, Patrice
Coulibaly, Kalifa
Posthumus, Helena
Diallo, Amadou Mohamadoun
Medina, Karambiri
Douzet, Jean-Marie
Triomphe, Bernard
Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso
title Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso
title_full Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso
title_short Operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community-based participatory research on conservation agriculture in Burkina Faso
title_sort operationalizing an innovation platform approach for community based participatory research on conservation agriculture in burkina faso
topic conservation agriculture
innovation adoption
soil
tillage
cropping systems
diversification
farmers
adopción de innovaciones
suelo
labranza
sistemas de cultivo
diversificación
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82584
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