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COLOMBIA Production and Consumption Aspects of Technology in Pescador

COLOMBIA Production and Consumption Aspects of Technology in Pescador. Mayra D. Aviles ANG 6303. Background. Farmer Participation in Technology Assessment Pescador, rural subdivisions in Caldono district, Cauca, Colombia

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COLOMBIA Production and Consumption Aspects of Technology in Pescador

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  1. COLOMBIAProduction and Consumption Aspects of Technology in Pescador Mayra D. Aviles ANG 6303

  2. Background • Farmer Participation in Technology Assessment • Pescador, rural subdivisions in Caldono district, Cauca, Colombia • objective: to integrate farmers’ management strategies and criteria for identifying adequate innovations into project’s identification of promising technologies.

  3. Background • How - dialogue process with farmers about testing and conclusions • Why - past experiences on (non) adopting • What - id of bean variety (CIAT) and new fertilizer technology (IFDC) to include

  4. Research Group • Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) • International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) • Interdisciplinary: - soil scientist - breeder - agronomist - economist - sociologist

  5. Pescador Farming System • small farms • cash oriented • mostly farming of coffee and cassava • beans not major crop but certain amount grown for sale • intensifying production with rapid adaptation of new crops (bush beans and tomatoes) • + use of fertilizers, + widespread

  6. Rapid Diagnostic survey • formal division of labor -field crop production (M) and domestic activities carried out by (F and children) • large red opaque grain + commonly grown + favored in market • Fertilizer use varied on bean type, bush→ + cash crop, monocropped, always fertilizer climbing → + subsistence-oriented system, intercropped with maize

  7. Farmer Participation Methodology • Innovating farmers initial ranking: - Large red opaque bean - Exception: very small red opaque bean (BAT 1297) ranked 6 out of 10 • BAT 1297 selected in interviews when F included • Indicative of broader preference range • Revision: inferior grain types used in subsistence production

  8. Varietal Trials

  9. Varietal Trials

  10. Activities Analysis Males Females Children

  11. Resource Analysis Access Control M = male, F = female, - = missing data, * = young/exception

  12. Benefits and Incentives Analysis MA= Male Adult, FA= Female Adult, MC= Male Child, FC= Female Child, W= hired worker * When male head of household contributes to household consumption, female manages consumption

  13. Follow-up Dissemination Study Results • which varieties were replanted, given away or sold to neighbors? • BAT 1297 being replanted and popular demand among neighbors • high yielding and tasty, on demand for F homestead plot

  14. Suggestions • Considering incentive structure, family structures, domestic life cycles • Remembering objective: implementing farmer participation in experimentation • Listening to women’s voices following follow-up dissemination study results

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