Farmer processes of experimentation and innovation: a review of the literature

cg.number;21en_US
cg.subject.ciatPARTICIPATORY RESEARCHen_US
dc.contributor.authorSaad, Nadineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-24T18:50:23Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-06-24T18:50:23Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/75857en_US
dc.titleFarmer processes of experimentation and innovation: a review of the literatureen_US
dcterms.abstract‘Lay’ experimentation1 in agriculture and natural resource management dates as far back as the stone ages. It has led to the domestication of today’s crops and landraces, to the development of numerous traditional agricultural practices, and to the existence of a substantial body (or bodies) of Indigenous Knowledge. Something is happening in the field; farmers are not passive. Their cropping patterns and genetic materials are in a constant state of flux. They discriminate what they need from what is less useful. They actively test new and different ways of managing their natural resources; and they continuously apply selective pressures on their crops, and test materials obtained from natural crosses, or from other farmers. Often all this is done without the participation of formal research and extension systems.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSaad, Nadine. 2001. Farmer processes of experimentation and innovation: a review of the literature. Working paper No. 21. Cali, Colombia: CGIAR.en_US
dcterms.extent22 pen_US
dcterms.isPartOf21en_US
dcterms.issued2001en_US
dcterms.subjectparticipatory approachesen_US
dcterms.subjectfield experimentationen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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