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The role of learning in farmer-led innovation [PDF]
Agricultural Systems, 2022 Farmer-led innovation brings farmers together with other stakeholders in a collaborative endeavour that recognises multiple forms of expertise. Critical engagement with mainstream models of agricultural science and technology (AST) development has drawn attention to the isolation of farmers as technology adopters within a compartmentalised model of AST
Jonathan Ensor
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Farmer led innovations: Retrospect and prospects [PDF]
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2016 Agricultural development in any country is innovation driven. At the end of the development process, innovation makes the difference in farmers’ adoption decision.
HEMA BALIWADA, J P SHARMA, RESHMA GILLS
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Agriculture, 2021 Land fragmentation has become a serious obstacle to agricultural production, and land transfer and consolidation are traditionally emphasized as the two most effective solutions to this quandary.
Chaozheng Zhang, Danling Chen
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Farmer‐led badger vaccination in Cornwall: Epidemiological patterns and social perspectives
People and NatureIn the United Kingdom, the management of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) challenges the coexistence of people and wildlife. Control of this cattle disease is hindered by transmission of its causative agent, Mycobacterium bovis, between cattle and badgers Meles
Rosie Woodroffe +13 more
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Challenges of Decentralized, Farmer-Led and Fee-For-Service Extension
Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2010 Agricultural extension services are crucial for the rapid spread of research results to farmers and for transmitting information about farmers’ needs, circumstances, and problems to researchers.
M G Maiangwa +5 more
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Farmer-Led Irrigation and Its Impacts on Smallholder Farmers’ Crop Income: Evidence from Southern Tanzania [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Maurice Osewe, Aijun Liu
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Farmer-led innovations and their role in entrepreneurship: a bibliometric exploration
Discover AgricultureThis study examines the global research landscape on farmer-led innovation and its role in advancing agricultural sustainability and entrepreneurship. Despite increasing recognition of farmer-driven approaches, the literature remains fragmented, calling ...
Bikram Barman, Rashmi Singh
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Modernisation and African farmer-led irrigation development: Ideology, policies and practices
Water Alternatives, 2019 In both Mozambique and Tanzania, farmer-led development of irrigation is widespread, yet it is little recognised in irrigation policies and is under-supported by the government.
Chris de Bont +3 more
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Comparing cover crop research in farmer-led and researcher-led experiments in the Western Corn Belt
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 Cover crops can mitigate soil degradation and nutrient loss and can be used to achieve continuous living cover in cropping systems, although their adoption in the Western Corn Belt of the United States remains low.
Katja Koehler-Cole +3 more
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International Journal of the Commons, 2023 In research-policy debates on food and agriculture in Africa, the phenomenon of farmer-led irrigation development is now receiving wide attention. This can be seen as the adoption of the ‘farmer lens’ in research on the use and management of common pool ...
Janwillem Liebrand +4 more
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