Designing Participatory On-Farm Experiments: Resources for Training
Available Languages:
Available Languages:
Dated: January 2003
Authors: Carlos Barahona , Jan Beniest , Ric Coe , Steven Franzel
A collection of training materials to support the design of participatory on-farm experiments.
This book contains training guidelines and materials, a collection of theme papers and toolkit papers. It provides valuable reference and practical guidance for anyone interested in participatory research.
The materials in the publication resulted from a series of four training workshops on participatory on-farm experiments organized by the Statistical Services Centre between 1995 and 2000 for the benefit of scientists and technicians working under its collaborative research and development programmes and projects.
The materials were developed collaboratively between the World Agroforestry Centre and the Statistical Services Centre of the University of Reading, with financial support from the following: Netherlands' Government, European Commission, United Kingdom Department For International Development, Swedish International Development Agency, Canadian International Development Agency, Rockefeller Foundation and others.
The individual components of the trove are listed below. Click on one to download the file or go to the external url. You can download the full trove below as a .zip file.
Designing_Participatory_On-farm_experiments(1).pdf
18 MB
Video
Experiments with Farmers I - "Why?"
This video introduces the idea of Experiments with Farmers and explores five reasons to involve farmers in you...
Video
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...
Video
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...
Video
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...
Video
Experiments with Farmers V - "Communicating the design"
Communication is vital when conducting experiments with farmers. This video discusses some of the issues of ho...
Webinar
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...
Webinar
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...
Webinar
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...
Webinar
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...