Este estudio analizó la evolución de una red de innovación entre productores de hule natural durante tres periodos de observación (dos olas o tres años), y evaluó cómo los productores reaccionan a diferentes innovaciones en un momento dado. Las prácticas de innovación fueron agrupadas en tres actividades: control de plagas y enfermedades, establecimiento y manejo de plantaciones, y manejo de cosecha y poscosecha.
Researchers at the University of Queensland have worked on research projects in the PNG Highlands since 2005. These projects were, and are, applied research to manage soil fertility in sweetpotato-based cropping systems in the Highlands. They were funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. Our key collaborator was PNG’s National Agricultural Research Institute. Although the projects were in the field of Soil Science, specifically soil fertility management, our approach has always been multidisciplinary.
The Water Resources Department, Government of Maharashtra, responsible for building infrastructure and delivering water to farmers and other users, has so far created irrigation potential of about 5.3. million hectares and the current utilization is about 76%. About 5000 Water User Associations (WUAs) have been established to manage the water supply within their designated areas. However, the water use efficiency and productivity is adversely impacting the overall water security of the state.
Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and short organic supply chains have emerged as promising solutions for smallholder farmers to provide organic produce to nearby consumers. PGS is an institutional innovation that builds trust among producers, traders and consumers through a low-cost transparent and participatory certification mechanism. They have particularly gained a foothold among smallholder farmers in middle- income countries, where third-party certification costs are often unaffordable.
The creation of Competitive Research Grants (CRGs) is globally recognized as an institutional innovation for improving the effectiveness of agricultural research. Unlike block grants for research, CRGs are expected to bring in many top-quality proposals from a wide range of actors, selecting the best out of them and thus getting more value for money.
India is witnessing dwindling gains from agriculture for the smallholder farmers because of high cost of inputs, changing climate impacting production, fluctuating market prices of outputs, and weak delivery of services at the last mile. The value share of farmers in the commodity supply chain needs to be increased to ensure that farming remains a remunerative livelihood option. There has to be a wider acceptance of the fact that the country needs partnerships among multiple players with complementary knowledge and expertise for its agricultural development.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) financed the second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project (CHARMP2), in areas where poverty is most severe among indigenous peoples in the highlands of the Cordillera Region in northern Philippines. The aim is to reduce poverty and improve the livelihoods of indigenous peoples living in farming communities in the mountainous project area. The indigenous peoples consist of many tribes whose main economic activity is agriculture.
El presente trabajo muestra la importancia del uso de las TI’s (Tecnologías de la Información) como herramientas de consulta para los productores en mediana y pequeña escala de agricultura protegida; donde se establece la necesidad de acceder a portales en internet o aplicaciones móviles, que provean de información acerca de precios de mercados, alertas de clima y plagas, centros de investigación, financiamientos, apoyos gubernamentales, proveedores de insumos y de servicios, requisitos de clientes, casos de éxito, etc., y de esta manera puedan tomar decisiones que les permita proyectar sus
El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar, a través de un estudio de caso, la utilidad de incorporar en la práctica de los proyectos la definición y evaluación participativa de las metas, para conocer las percepciones de la diversidad de actores que conforman los espacios locales, identificar posibles alianzas y armonizar intereses y resultados esperados en las estrategias de desarrollo con enfoque de género
Este informe describe el contexto del Proyecto CATIE- MAGA- NORUEGA, así como los cambios en la vida de los participantes. El documento también describe los éxitos del proyecto y sus factores, las experiencias con las ECA's y los CADER, los limitantes del proyecto y sus factores, las principales lecciones aprendidas para el presente y el futuro y por fin trae recomendaciones para instancias tomadoras de decisión.