This manual aims to guide TOT on FFS on coffee production; a yearlong FFS curriculum is foreseen. Various group diagnostics are introduced such as voting, spider web, problem periodization and ballot box and a sample AESA sheet is provided on coffee as well as information on the distribution of trees to be observed; observations and record making on the shade distribution of coffee and other trees on the plots. The appendix covers special topics on shade analysis, determining soil moisture, pruning, identifying life in the soil, plan of commercialization based on cash flow, and “daily activity clock” related to gender to sensitize family members on their roles and their contribution to daily productive and reproductive activities. The manual presents an example of a yearlong training curriculum on shaded coffee as well as examples of curricula for bean, banana and maize crops.
This paper comparatively analyzes the structure of agricultural policy development networks that connect organizations working on agricultural development, climate change and food security in fourteen smallholder farming communities across East Africa, West Africa and...
Les démarches paysannes de co-construction d’inno- vations des systèmes agricoles sont apparues depuis soixante-dix ans dans plusieurs régions du monde et ont constitué un tournant dans la manière d’aborder le conseil agricole. En effet, construites en réaction à un mode...
The slow rate of agricultural development in Africa can largely be blamed on lack of functional relationships between technology/innovation generation centers, local farming communities, financial institutions and markets. The result has been low penetration of promising innovations/technologies thus, low adoption...
This report provides a synthesis of all findings and information generated through a “stocktaking” process that involved a desk study of Prolinnova documents and evaluation reports, a questionnaire to 40 staff members of international organizations in agricultural research and development (ARD),...
The project “Strengthening Community Resilience to Change: Combining Local Innovative Capacity with Scientific Research” (CLIC–SR), supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, was completed on 31 August 2016. During the four years since 2012, the Prolinnova Country Platforms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania...
