Capacity development for scaling conservation agriculture in smallholder farming systems in Latin America, South Asia, and Southern Africa: Exposing the hidden levels

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationCornell Universityen
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpWheat
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asia
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.countryMexico
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.countryZimbabwe
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MW
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MX
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZW
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionLatin America
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionCentral America
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierChristian Thierfelder: 0000-0002-6306-7670en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.km4djournal.org/index.php/km4dj/article/view/510en
cg.issn1871-6342en
cg.journalKnowledge Management for Development Journalen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen
cg.subject.ilriCAPACITY STRENGTHENINGen
cg.subject.ilriFARMING SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.ilriINTENSIFICATIONen
cg.subject.ilriKNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATIONen
cg.subject.ilriSCALINGen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
dc.contributor.authorWoltering, Lennarten
dc.contributor.authorBoa Alvarado, M.en
dc.contributor.authorStahl, J.en
dc.contributor.authorLoon, Jelle J. vanen
dc.contributor.authorOrtíz Hernández, E.en
dc.contributor.authorBrown, B.en
dc.contributor.authorGathala, Mahesh Kumaren
dc.contributor.authorThierfelder, Christian L.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T11:13:44Zen
dc.date.available2022-10-20T11:13:44Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125133
dc.titleCapacity development for scaling conservation agriculture in smallholder farming systems in Latin America, South Asia, and Southern Africa: Exposing the hidden levelsen
dcterms.abstractCapacity development is a major pathway for research for development projects to scale innovations. However, both successful scaling and capacity development are held back by a persistent simplistic focus on 'reaching more end-users' and training at the individual level, respectively. This study provides examples of the other levels of capacity development: the organizational, cooperation and enabling environment levels. Drawing on four projects implemented by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) to scale conservation agriculture practices to smallholder farmers, we discovered that these three other levels are less understood, appreciated and reported on than individual training. Trainings are popular to report on because they are simple to plan, quantify, verify, and budget, and success in most projects is measured by the number of individuals reached and trained. There is little awareness and guidance on how to intentionally design and implement projects to address the other capacity development levels. Using a modified framework with clear examples of various types of capacity development activities, project leaders were able to identify and uncover activities that pertain to each of the four levels of capacity development. We argue that project teams must be aware, able, and empowered to invest in the development of capacities of local organizations and the system they operate in. They must be more explicit about the different levels of capacity development, what they mean in their context, and how to create synergies between them. The framework proposed in this paper can serve as a model for initiatives that aim to identify and address capacities at all four levels in order to contribute to large-scale sustainable change.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWoltering, L., Boa Alvarado, M., Stahl, J., Van Loon, J., Ortiz Hernández, E., Brown, B., Gathala, M., and Thierfelder, C. 2022. Capacity development for scaling conservation agriculture in smallholder farming systems in Latin America, South Asia and Southern Africa: Exposing the hidden levels. Knowledge Management for Development Journalen
dcterms.issued2022-10-14en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
dcterms.subjectconservation agricultureen
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten
dcterms.subjectscaling upen
dcterms.subjectintensificationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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