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Institution/Author: ASHBY, J.A.; BRAUN, A.R.; GRACIA, T.; GUERRERO, M.P.; HERNANDEZ, L.A.; QUIROS, C.A.; ROA, J.A.
Publisher: CIAT
Year: 2000
Language: English
Price: US$40
Price Colombia (in pesos): $40000
Scientific Contact: Carlos Arturo Quirós
Distribution Contact: CIAT Library
This book is about a new kind of institution, one in which poor farmers take charge of an agricultural research process that benefits both them and their community. The local agricultural research committee or CIAL (its Spanish acronym) aims, with the help of trained outsiders, to encourage farmers to conduct their own agricultural research and to involve their community. This participatory approach is effective insofar as the CIAL provides results meaningful to the host community. The methodology is designed to ensure effective training for both farmers and interested outsiders, and to be relevant to different institutional and cultural settings. The W. K. Kellogg Foundation supported the project that originally developed the methodology. An overview is given in English, Spanish, and French. 199 p. 21 x 25 cm. Also available in Spanish.
Keywords: Research networks; Teaching materials; Research projects; Technology transfer; Participatory research; Latin America
ISBN:958-694-030-6
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