Fostering relevance, credibility and legitimacy in agricultural research

Edmundo Barrios – Systems Science (SD1)

Richard Coe – Research Methods Group & Statistics for Sustainable Development

Outline:

1. Background

2. Participatory Trials Design (ParTriDes) workshop tool

3. Participatory Trials across a soil fertility gradient

4. Future challenges

BackgroundKey Challenge: Farmers not adopting technologies which have shown potential toaddress food security or environmental degradation.

What was the nature of farmer

participation? Labour requirements? Linkage

to markets?

BackgroundKey Challenge: Farmers not adopting technologies which have shown potential toaddress food security or environmental degradation.

Where? In the lab?, greenhouse?,

research station? On-farm?

BackgroundKey Challenge: Farmers not adopting technologies which have shown potential toaddress food security or environmental degradation.

Any competing demands?. Have trade-offs been

considered?

Background

Options x Context

Agricultural Management Practices

Bio-physical

Social

Economic

Methodological Approaches(e.g. South-South collaboration)

Facilitate customizing promising options to fit local circumstances across scaling domains and to support farmers in trying these out.

SOUTH-SOUTH COLLABORATION

CIAT

TSBFAHI

Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua,Dominican Republic, Peru

Uganda, Tanzania

SOUTH-SOUTH COLLABORATION

CIATICRAF

Embrapa

Brazil – 5 biomes

Validation in contrasting socio-ecological contexts

#2 AmazonIgarapé Açu, PA

#1 PantanalBonito, MS

#4 Semi-AridCampina Grande, PB

#3 CerradosMontes Claros, MG

#5 Atlantic ForestCanoinhas, SC

Integração Participativa de Conhecimentos sobre Indicadores de Qualidade do Solo – Guia

Metodológico

InPaC-S

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/B17293.pdf

Embrapa ICRAF

Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace

SOUTH-SOUTH COLLABORATION

Mozambique

IIAM

Participatory Knowledge Integration on Indicators of Soil Quality – Methodological

Guide

http://www.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/B17459.pdf (

InPaC-S

ICRAFAustralian Center for

International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)

Trees for Food Security Project

SOUTH-SOUTH COLLABORATION

EIARNARORAB

ParTriDes

ICRAF GEF projectB4SS Project

SOUTH-SOUTH COLLABORATION

KALRO

ParTriDes

ParTriDes video

B4SS Participatory Trials

CONTROL DAP BIOCHAR BIOCHAR+DAPTrial # 1

CONTROL DAP BIOCHAR BIOCHAR+DAP MANURE BIOCHAR+MANURETrial # 2

Crops: Maize+Beans, Maize or BeansBiochar: 10 ton/ha (Feedstock: Sugarcane bagasse)DAP: Farmer’s practiceManure: Farmer’s practice

Chronosequence catchmentsNandi District

Yala River Watershed, Sub-Watersheds in Kapchorwa

Guerena et al. 2015 Global Biogeochemical Cycles

FOREST CONVERSION AGE & SOIL DEGRADATION

Chronosequence of Catchments

Recent conversion

Intermediateconversion

Oldconversion

> Loss of soil C and N

5 yrs 50 yrs10 yrs

Recha et al. 2013 Nut.Cycl.Agroeco.

2016 Short-rains: 10 on-farm trials

Water monitoring station

2016 Short-rains: 10 on-farm trials

2016 Short-rains: 8 on-farm trials

EmbrapaICRAF

Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace

Gates Foundation & DFIDM-BoSs programme

2017-2019

SOUTH-SOUTH COLLABORATION

Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania

DRDNARO

CSIR

FUTURE CHALLENGES

Thank You