The Talking Toolkit. How smallholding farmers and local governments can together adapt to climate change
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Dated: January 2013
Authors: Dam Viet Bac , Robert Finlayson , Rodel Lasco , Elisabeth Simelton
A collection of suggestions for activities that can be used to facilitate discussions with farmers as part of participatory research projects.
Potentially relevant for anyone involved in participatory agricultural research, including as part of a farmer research network, and could be adapted for other kinds of participatory research. A resource available online from the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).
Description from the website:
"We have created this toolkit to help everyone better understand the exposure of farmers to climate change and variability, what impact it might have on them and food production, and how they can adapt. This collection of participatory exercises, which we call ‘tools’, are designed for those who facilitate discussions with farmers: development workers, researchers, agricultural organizations and government policy-makers. We assume that you are involved in a research or development project related to disaster and climate change and want to learn how to use proven research methods to achieve the project’s objectives. The tools have all been designed to help clear and practical communication about extreme weather events, climate change and variability and the ways we can start to adapt to our changing environment. They help survey the needs and build on the knowledge of farmers, establishing what is the ‘baseline’ or starting point for development and land-use plans. The Talking Toolkit has been supported by the CGIAR Research Programs on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry, and on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security."
Note: This resource was added to this database as part of a migration of resources from the now defunct CCRP Sphaera platform, and is still awaiting a comprehensive review and quality check.
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.
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/output/talking-toolkit
http://www.worldagroforestry.org/output/talking-toolkit
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