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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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COLOMBIAProduction 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 • objective: to integrate farmers’ management strategies and criteria for identifying adequate innovations into project’s identification of promising technologies.
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
Research Group • Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) • International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) • Interdisciplinary: - soil scientist - breeder - agronomist - economist - sociologist
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
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
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
Activities Analysis Males Females Children
Resource Analysis Access Control M = male, F = female, - = missing data, * = young/exception
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
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
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