Empowering farmers? Collaborative research at Sokoine university of agriculture, Tanzania
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Date
2015
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Publisher
Routledge Taylor and Francis Group.
Abstract
This article presents experiences with collaborative and on-farm research based on the
implementation of a four-year Programme for Agricultural and Natural Resources Transformation
for Improved Livelihoods (PANTIL) at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Morogoro,
Tanzania. It outlines the basic elements in the implementation of a programme aimed to be
demand-based, and discusses the challenges encountered in combining collaborative research
with the empowerment of farmers. Finally, the article draws out some lessons with implications
for the future organisation of collaborative and on-farm agricultural research.
Description
Development in Practice,Vol. 25( 2015),pp No. 3, 347–359
Keywords
Civil society – NGOs, Participation, Partnership, Environment (built and natural) – Agriculture, Sub-Saharan Africa