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Farmers` participation in bean research in Uganda

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Title Farmers` participation in bean research in Uganda
 
Creator Wortmann, Charles S.
Kisakye, J
Ugen, Michael A.
Sengooba, T
 
Subject PHASEOLUS VULGARIS
BEAN PROGRAMS
ON-FARM RESEARCH
PARTICIPATIVE RESEARCH
UGANDA
AFRICA
PHASEOLUS VULGARIS
PROGRAMAS DE FRIJOL
INVESTIGACION EN FINCAS
INVESTIGACION PARTICIPATIVA
UGANDA
 
Description The need for farmer participation, considering the complexity and diversity of bean production systems in Uganda, is highlighted. Through on-farm experimentation, technologies can be evaluated under farmers` environmental and managerial conditions. Farmer participation in bean research in the country has been mainly in the form of exploratory surveys (identification of production constraints and possible solutions, bean/banana intercropping, bean storage practices and constraints) and on-farm experimentation (var., NP fertilization, yield, maize/climbing bean intercropping, and disease and beanfly control). The implications for on-farm research regarding exploratory surveys and farmer participation in Uganda, based on the experience of the National Bean Program, are discussed. The role of extension agents in on-farm research is analyzed, emphasizing the importance of the researcher-extension agent-farmer linkage. Due to the complementarity of on-station and on-farm research, these activities should not be planned separately. It is suggested that much of the descriptive and diagnostic work involved in on-farm research be noncommodity- specific; by coordinating survey work at a the national level, each program would avoid having to collect the same information. The background, objectives, and resources of the National Bean Program are also indicated. (CIAT)
 
Date 2016-01-18T13:33:58Z
2016-01-18T13:33:58Z
1989
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier Wortmann, C.S.; Kisakye, J.; Ugen, M.A.; SENGOOBA, T. 1989. Farmers` participation in bean research in Uganda. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Regional Bean Program in Eastern Africa, Kampala, UG. 17 p.
http://hdl.handle.net/10568/69892
 
Language en
 
Publisher Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Regional Bean Program in Eastern Africa