CGIAR Ongoing Research | participatory research

Technology innovations for the integrated management of frogskin disease in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)

a.carvajal — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:32:59 +0000

The project aims to strengthen value chains, while improving the socio-economic well-being of cassava producers and reducing cassava frogskin disease in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Paraguay; through the development and massive implementation of innovative technologies aimed to optimize productivity, reduce the effects of climate change on the crop, and protect the environment, using a participatory research scheme involving universities, cassava producers, and processors.

Participation and social inclusion in research and development projects in rural areas

CIAT Corporate Communications — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 20:32:34 +0000

The purpose of the project is to improve the knowledge and capacity of different development organizations and the government to leverage projects and appropriate government policies oriented to effectively link farmers to markets with socially inclusive results.

Researchers will analyze the state of the art conceptual approaches to participation, intervention strategies and institutional arrangements that encourage or limit the development of market-led participatory methodologies, as well as the extent to which these have contributed to the social inclusion of smallholder farmers.

The project will also analyze and describe the role and the processes carried out by the support organizations (private and public) in each one of the selected cases to influence more socially inclusive results in development projects when applying market-led participatory methodologies.

Finally we will determine the successful factors, the obstacles, and lessons learnt in the application of the market-led participatory approaches used in the selected case studies and suggest strategies and methodologies that permit social inclusion of smallholder and marginalized actors (women and indigenous people) in Bolivia.

Donor: The McKnight Foundation

Site-specific agriculture based on farmers’ experiences (SSAFE) for fruit producers in Colombia

CIAT Corporate Communications — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:24:12 +0000

The main objective of this project is to increase the competitiveness of fruit producers in Colombia through a system of site-specific agriculture based on shared experiences (SSAFE) between producers of citrus, avocado, mango, and banana. The system is designed so that it continues over the long-term and contributes to improved decision-making on the selection and management of fruit trees by farmers around the country. Research on the four production chains will serve as a basis to expand the system later to cover other species of fruit trees.

Donor:

Fondo Nacional de Fomento Hortofrutícola (FNFH)
Association of Fruit and Vegetable Growers in Colombia (ASOHOFRUCOL)

Increased productivity, competitiveness and sustainability of systems of small and medium livestock producers in the Patía Basin and Popayán Plateau

CIAT Corporate Communications — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:35:50 +0000

Under agreement with CIAT and led by the Universidad del Cauca, new forage technologies are being introduced and evaluated using a participatory approach working with small- and medium-sized livestock producers from northern Cauca, Colombia. The project aims to identify, assess and co-develop germplasm of forage species suitable for the conditions of Patía and Popayan, and also to evaluate the production and use of high-quality forages incorporated into farming systems.

Development of Brachiaria genotypes adapted to poor soil drainage to increase cattle production and adapt grazing systems to climate change in Latin America

CIAT Corporate Communications — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:20:30 +0000

This project aims to develop genotypes of Brachiaria with higher tolerance to waterlogging and more productivity than the commercial cultivars for livestock systems in humid zones, which are suffering the uncharacteristic periods of waterlogging due to extreme weather events associated with climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean. We also aim to identify waterlogging tolerant Brachiaria genotypes using the farmer participatory research approach.

Strengthening peach palm production chains in Buenaventura, Colombia

CIAT Corporate Communications — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:20:13 +0000

We look at various aspects of the peach palm (chontaduro) production chain to analyse where systems and processes can be made more sustainable, efficient and enterprising. Objectives include establishing safe fruit picking practices, optimizing cooking processes, strengthening industry associations, and developing participatory management systems.