This research aims to add to the literature new insights about the interaction processes, which are implemented in different interactive extension approaches, by analysing how farmers attending different extension events shape a network of indirect interactions
Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) is a collection of institutions enabling agricultural and food system transformation in a country. Any attempt to engage in emergency interventions by institutions and bounce back with higher levels of resilience requires strong organizational and human capacity as a prerequisite. What role do these institutions play in emergencies such as COVID-19 and how can they bounce back after such a crisis is over? What can be done to help these institutions build resilience capacity for such recovery?
Agricultural research continues to be a good investment. The studies show that investments in international and national agricultural research account for almost all of the total factor productivity (TFP) growth in SSA and large shares of agricultural growth globally. The existing agricultural research institutions have, on average, delivered rates of return to public investment above 30-40%, which is much higher than the 5-10% available to other public investments or the 2-5% cost of borrowing public funds.
Esta tesis planteó identificar oportunidades de mercado para la comercialización de productos con atributos diferenciadores, a través de un proceso participativo y de enfoque de cadenas de valor, que contribuyera a mejorar la articulación de la cadena al mercado y permitiera a los actores la toma de decisiones para optimar la cadena de forma sostenible, mejorando su calidad de vida.
Este trabajo se trata de la caracterización de tipo la cadena apícola del municipio de Aldama, Chiapas, tomando en cuenta sus dimensiones económicas, sociales y ecológicas; la visualización de estrategias para el fortalecimiento; además, se describe el tipo de la gobernanza de la cadena, el poder y control de los actores que interviene en el sector y los efectos del cambio climático sobre la apicultura.
El trabajo de investigación se realizó en la subcuenca “La Suiza” ubicada en los Municipios de Montecristo de Guerrero y Mapastepec correspondiente al Estado de Chiapas, México, el fin fue definir lineamientos para manejo y conservación de los servicios ecosistémicos.
This chapter documents the learning process within the framework of innovation of soil fertility management practices that emerged from the implementation of Participatory Extension Approach (PEA) as part of service delivery reorientation within the Limpopo Department of Agriculture in South Africa.The chapter gives a narrative description of what transpired during the interaction between researchers, extension officers and farmers, the processes involved, the lessons and the conclusion.
We are facing complex societal problems such as climate change, human conflict, poverty and inequality, and need innovative solutions. Multi-stakeholder processes (MSPs) are more and more seen as a critical way of coming to such innovative solutions. It is thought that when multiple stakeholders are able to meet, share experiences, learn together and contribute to decisions, new and innovative ways of dealing with problems are found and turned into action. Still, much remains to be understood about the role and effectiveness of social learning in multi-stakeholder settings.
This research project aims to build ACP capacity to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the local science, technology and innovation system in the agricultural sector.
This paper introduces a new research framework for social learning, to be able to derive ways to facilitate social learning. The authors report on an explorative interview study to substantiate the framework. One interesting conclusion was that hidden agenda’s were shown to undermine trust, which in turn undermined the social learning process. This explains the importance of openness for social learning. Research results show substantiate the research framework, and show that it can be used to derive methods to facilitate social learning.