Vídeo

Experiments with Farmers I - "Why?"

This video introduces the idea of Experiments with Farmers and explores five reasons to involve farmers in you...

Vídeo

Experiments with Farmers II - What happens to designs?

This video explores the details of the way in which experiments with farmers could be designed, using a variet...

Vídeo

Experiments with Farmers III - "From noise to information"

This video gives some examples of how to look at data from on-farm trials in a slightly different way, enablin...

Vídeo

Experiments with Farmers IV - "Farmers are not replicates!"

Replication is often a point of confusion for researchers. Often, researchers conducting on-farm trials will s...

Vídeo

Experiments with Farmers V - "Communicating the design"

Communication is vital when conducting experiments with farmers. This video discusses some of the issues of ho...

Webinario

Designing Right-N Trials with Farmers - Week 1: "The Objectives"

This webinar was given to a group of CCRP West Africa Grantees as part of the Research Methods Support Project...

Webinario

Designing Right-N Trials with Farmers - Week 2: "Design Details"

This webinar was given to a group of CCRP West Africa Grantees as part of the Research Methods Support Project...

Webinario

Designing Right-N Trials with Farmers - Week 3: "Measurements"

This webinar was given to a group of CCRP West Africa Grantees as part of the Research Methods Support Project...

Webinario

Designing Right-N Trials with Farmers - Week 4: "Implementation"

This webinar was given to a group of CCRP West Africa Grantees as part of the Research Methods Support Project...

Vídeo

Options by Context - The Concept

In this short video, Ric Coe introduces the concepts of options by context interactions by describing the more...

Vídeo

Options by Context - The Design

This video discusses some of the issues surrounding the design of experiments when considering options by cont...

Vídeo

Large N Trials - Practicalities

This video explores the practicalities of running a large-N trial, including how to overcome the bottlenecks o...

Estudio de caso

Maize-legume rotations improve soil health and crop productivity

A summary of findings from the "Best Bets" research project undertaken in Malawi.Excerpt:To...

Estudio de caso

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

A report on the impact of a reforestation project conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using an approach of 'farme...

Guía

Enclosures to protect and conserve for better livelihood of the West Pokot community

Field guide developed by the Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA), a part of the Swedish In...

Estudio de caso

Integrating diverse grain legumes for increased land productivity on small farms in Malawi

Case study of a trial of 'doubled-up legume technology' conducted with smallholder farmers in Malawi. Produced...

Estudio de caso

Case Study: From Slash and Burn to ‘Slash and Mulch’

A case study adapted from an article published by ILEIA in Fa...

Guía

Sustainable Agriculture Land Management

A training manual designed for use with farmers, including information and activities. The i...

Aartículo científico

Neem for Sustainable Pest Management and Environmental Conservation

An issue of ECHO Asia Notes featuring the article 'Neem for Sustainable Pest Management and Environmental Con...

Guía

The Food Spray Manual - Using the Food Spray Method to Enhance Biological Control in Cotton: A trainer's guide

A manual providing guidance on how to use the 'food spray method' as part of Integrated Pest...

Vídeo

Video: Integrated approach against striga

A video produced for ICRISAT about using multiple control methods to reduce striga and obtain a good yield of...

Vídeo

Video: Striga Biology

A video produced for ICRISAT about striga, a parasitic weed that causes great yield losses from cereal crops....

Vídeo

Video: Joining hands against striga

A video produced for ICRISAT about ways of managing and preventing the spread of the parasitic striga weed, an...

Guía

Video: Composting to beat striga

A video produced for ICRISAT about the benefits of using compost over manure. What is less known is that the...

Guía

Video: Grow Row by Row

A video produced by ICRISAT about planting methods and practices that can be used to help manage striga. Could...

Guía

Tumbukiza! A Better Way To Grow Napier Grass For More Milk

A short factsheet giving guidance on improved methods for growing napier grass to feed cows in low to medium a...

Guía

Brochure: Ngolo Cultivation Technology

A brochure containing information about the Ngolo or Matengo pit system. This is essentially a soil and water...

Guía

Fish Bean (Tephrosia vogelii) - Echo Plant Information Sheet

Fact sheet with guidance on growing Tephrosia vogelii, or 'fish bean', which is useful for pest management, er...

Guía

Tephrosia Vogelii Information Sheet

Information sheet with technical details about Tephrosia Vogelii, a tree with multiple uses, including pest ma...

Guía

Managing aflatoxins in groundnuts during drying and storage

A short video explaining the importance of, and methods for, managing aflatoxins in groundnuts. This informati...

Guía

Growing lupin without disease

A short video providing guidance on how to grow Lupin. This information may be useful for farmers and those wo...

Guía

Living windbreaks to protect the soil

A short video explaining how 'live barriers' can be used by farmers in the Andes to protect find soil from bei...

Guía

Killing fall armyworms naturally

A video explaining methods for managing the fall armyworm without the use of chemical pesticides, and the reas...

Guía

Scouting for fall armyworms

A video advising the practice of inspecting fields regularly in the first 6 weeks of growing crops to manage f...

Guía

Managing aflatoxins in maize during drying and storage

A video in which farmers in Tanzania explain and demonstrate how they dry and store their maize in order to...

Vídeo

Access Agriculture

Access Agriculture is an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages. Th...

Checklist

Checklist for Identification of Farmers to Participate in the FRN

An outline for conducting a meeting with farmers with the objective of selecting farmers to participate in a F...

Actividad

FRN Diagnosis and designing/planning Exercise

A session plan for an exercise to be conducted with Farmer Research Networks (FRNs, researchers and extension...

Plantilla

Protocolo de observación de las RAI

Una guía de CCRP sobre cómo conducir y registrar información de observaciones como parte del apoyo a las Redes...

Vídeo

Large N Trials - Concepts

These short videos introduce the concept of "large-N" trials. Ric Coe describes them in terms of more common c...

Estudio de caso

Assessing sustainability at farm-level: Lessons learned from a comparison of tools in practice

Summary: An academic review of different assessment tools, used on the same farms in Denmark. Tools assessed i...

Herramienta

Tools for Development: A handbook for those engaged in development activity

The Tools for Development Handbook produced by CIDT and DFID.Includes a chapter on Stakeholder Analysis (chapt...

Presentación

Typologies: Wealth Ranking in Project Areas

Presentation given relating to the 'Upscaling Best Fit Maize-Legume Technologies Through Multi Environment Tri...

Guía

Typology construction, a way of dealing with farm diversity: General guidelines for Humidtropics

A document containing guidelines for constructing t...

Aartículo científico

Territorial Development And Local Knowledge Systems: Engaging local farming knowledge through a right-based approach to agricultural development

A paper arguing that the agricultural development efforts should support the practic...

Guía

80 Tools for Participatory Development

A collection of methodologies and tools to be used to facilitate collective action...

Guía

Participatory Research Methods for Technology Evaluation: A Manual for Scientists Working with Farmers

Abstract: This manual presents methods that enable a...

Guía

Handbook for Participatory Action Research, Planning and Evaluation

This handbook is available in English, French and Spanish. It is an integrated collection of...

Guía

The Talking Toolkit. How smallholding farmers and local governments can together adapt to climate change

A collection of suggestions for activities that can be used to facilitate discussions with farmers as part of...

Referencia

Principles of experimentation that farmers need to understand

If farmers take more roles in experimentation then they need to understand the basic principles of how an expe...

Guía

Practical Guides for Pearl Millet Variety Evaluation with Farmers: Identification of varietal selection criteria of the farmers during evaluation of trials

Part of a series of factsheets and practical guides for conducting participatory variety evaluation with farme...

Guía

Practical Guides for Pearl Millet Variety Evaluation with Farmers: Ranking or Scoring

Part of a series of factsheets and practical guides for conducting participatory variety evaluation with far...

Guía

Practical Guides for Pearl Millet Variety Evaluation with Farmers: Open-Ended Evaluation – Qualitative Data

Part of a series of factsheets and practical guides for conducting participatory variety evaluation with far...

Guía

Practical Guides for Pearl Millet Variety Evaluation with Farmers: Pearl Millet Variety Evaluation with Farmers

Part of a series of factsheets and practical guides for conducting participatory variety evaluation with far...

Aartículo científico

Más allá de los promedios: nuevos enfoques para entender la heterogeneidad y el riesgo del éxito o fracaso de la tecnología en los sistemas agrícolas de pequeños productores

Traducción del artículo original de los mismos autores. Se recomienda leer este artículo para reforzar el caso...

Guía

Designing Participatory On-Farm Experiments: Resources for Training

A collection of training materials to support the design of participatory on-farm experiment...

Guía

Global Community Action Guides

This pack contains three booklets on community-led research created by the International Accountability Projec...

Guía

SAS2: A Guide to Collaborative Inquiry and Social Engagement

A book providing tools and approaches for development projects, with a focus on participatory research. Would...

Plan de estudios

Introduction to models and tools for social networks

Many quantitative analyses in the social sciences are applied to data regarding characteristics of people, but...

Script

RAI RM Sesión 2: Comprender las redes en agroecología y las RAI

Esta sesión de métodos de investigación de RAI se centró en cómo generar preguntas de investigación sobre nues...

Vídeo

Seminario de Métodos de Investigación: Investigación colaborativa

En este webinar, impartido por el Proyecto de Apoyo a Métodos de Investigación para CRFS, Lucie Hazelgrove-P...

Vídeo

RAI RM Sesión 3: Aprovechar al máximo los métodos participativos en nuestra investigación

Esta sesión de Métodos de investigación de FRN tuvo como objetivo continuar con la presentación realizada po...

Vídeo

RAI RM Sesion 4: Experimentos rápidos

Esta presentación fue grabada para el sesión de métodos de investigación de RAI de diciembre de 2023. Entra en...