Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials
Although farmer participation is an important concept in farming systems programs, farmer participation is typically restricted to the management of on-farm trials and little information exists on alternative approaches. This paper evaluates three approaches to farmer participation differentiated by...
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| author | Ashby, Jacqueline A. |
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| description | Although farmer participation is an important concept in farming systems programs, farmer participation is typically restricted to the management of on-farm trials and little information exists on alternative approaches. This paper evaluates three approaches to farmer participation differentiated by the extent to which farmers participated in defining criteria for the design of on-farm fertilizer trials. The three methodologies are described, and the resultant experimental designs are compared in terms of their criteria for testing fertilizers under small farm conditions. The results show that increased scope for farmer participation produced significant changes in the design of on-farm trials due to important insights into how farmers themselves would evaluate fertilizers, and raised basic research questions about improvements in the technology. The paper concludes that farmer participation in experimental design for on-farm trials requires fewer resources and less time than diagnostic survey research while qualitatively improving feedback between scientists and farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace885772024-01-17T12:58:34Z Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials Ashby, Jacqueline A. on-farm research farmers small farms decision making fertilizer application investigación en campo agricultores explotación en pequeña escala toma de decisiones aplicación de abonos Although farmer participation is an important concept in farming systems programs, farmer participation is typically restricted to the management of on-farm trials and little information exists on alternative approaches. This paper evaluates three approaches to farmer participation differentiated by the extent to which farmers participated in defining criteria for the design of on-farm fertilizer trials. The three methodologies are described, and the resultant experimental designs are compared in terms of their criteria for testing fertilizers under small farm conditions. The results show that increased scope for farmer participation produced significant changes in the design of on-farm trials due to important insights into how farmers themselves would evaluate fertilizers, and raised basic research questions about improvements in the technology. The paper concludes that farmer participation in experimental design for on-farm trials requires fewer resources and less time than diagnostic survey research while qualitatively improving feedback between scientists and farmers. 1986 2017-10-12T08:03:27Z 2017-10-12T08:03:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88577 en Limited Access Ashby, Jacqueline Anne. 1986. Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials. Agricultural Administration (United Kingdom). 22:1-19. |
| spellingShingle | on-farm research farmers small farms decision making fertilizer application investigación en campo agricultores explotación en pequeña escala toma de decisiones aplicación de abonos Ashby, Jacqueline A. Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials |
| title | Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials |
| title_full | Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials |
| title_fullStr | Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials |
| title_short | Methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on-farm trials |
| title_sort | methodology for the participation of small farmers in the design of on farm trials |
| topic | on-farm research farmers small farms decision making fertilizer application investigación en campo agricultores explotación en pequeña escala toma de decisiones aplicación de abonos |
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