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Promoting Farmer Innovations in Africa’s drylands

Promoting Farmer Innovations in Africa’s drylands. Paradigm Shift: Community / Farmer centered participatory approaches in addressing poverty. Rationale for the farmer innovator approach: transfer of technology has failed small scale farmers in marginal areas of Africa.

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Promoting Farmer Innovations in Africa’s drylands

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  1. Promoting Farmer Innovations in Africa’s drylands Paradigm Shift: Community / Farmer centered participatory approaches in addressing poverty

  2. Rationale for the farmer innovator approach: • transfer of technology has failed small scale farmers in marginal areas of Africa -farmer innovators can produce better technologies…. - ….and they are good communicators - researchers and extension agents can help this process

  3. Objectives • Demonstrate potential of local knowledgeand creativity to improve rural livelyhoods and the environment • Document and promote local farmer innovations • Empower farmers, in particular women. • Promote policies that recognize innovative skills • Link FI’s, researchers, extension staff and policy makers

  4. Farmer Innovators: who are they? - farmer innovators are individuals or communities who are testing new ideas on their own initiative

  5. Land Husbandry Innovations: what are they? initiatives which combine conservation with production and are new - at least in local terms

  6. Working with farmer innovators….. …..some positive experiences - many innovators to be found - their ideas catch on quickly - lots of enthusiasm at all levels for the concept

  7. Kenya a range of innovations linked to food & cash crops

  8. Tanzania Mama Susanna with her composting system

  9. Uganda Ali Alias comparing mulched bananas with his control plot

  10. PFI strengths - high extension impact of best bet innovations - video and book module - progress with gender issues - institutionalisation of approach Noah’s Ark was built by an amateur The Titanic was constructed by a team of experts

  11. PFI Kenya • Budget: 208,000 $ (The Netherlands) • Partners: UNSO, GTZ, GOK, VU, UNDP • Finalised in 2001 • 60 FI’s identified and trained • 5000 Farmers exposed • Adoption rate 50% • 2002: integrated in FAO-FFS (Farmer Field Schools)

  12. Role of UNDP JPO • Budget control • payments, • financial reports, • financial management assistance • Progress (M&E, field visits, meetings) • Reporting • Outreach • Resource Mobilization

  13. Alternative Programming Cycle Frustration Panic Enthusiasm Assigning of the Blame Rewarding of the Non-Contributors Punishment of the Innocent

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