UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Farmer participation in farming systems research
Farming systems research (FSR) needs to develop quicker, more cost-effective methods for including farmers as co-participants in the research and extension processes, according to this discussion paper, which examines issues pertinent to farmer participation by addressing a series of oft-raised questions about the role of the farmer in FSR.
Galt, Daniel L.; Mathema, S. B. · 1970
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Abstract
These questions include: (1) why has interest in including the farmer in research decisionmaking increased?; (2) can farmers be viewed as equal partners in FSR?; (3) do farmers really perform research?; (4) what can researchers learn from farmers?; (5) can extensionists work effectively if they take time to learn from farmers?; (6) is it enough to involve farmers in the design of field trials?; (7) should farmer participation and agreement be sought at the individual, the group, the village, or at some higher political sub-group level?; (8) do all levels of household decisionmaking need to be monitored?; and (9) how does farmer participation affect the roles of formal researchers and extensionists? The paper concludes with a case study of the development of farmer participation in FSR in Nepal"s Integrated Cereals Project. References (1978-86) are included.
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