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Multiple actor orientation: a case study of groundnut in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/oa.2011.0054
 
Title Multiple actor orientation: a case study of groundnut in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
 
Creator Prasad, V L
Bezkorowajnyj, P G
Nigam, S N
Hanson, J
Romney, D
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description As part of a three-year project focusing on improving the livelihoods of
poor livestock keepers by improving the availability of fodder, new groundnut
varieties were tested, incorporating participatory rural appraisal (PRA), rapid rural
appraisal (RRA), focus group discussions (FGDs) and field days as learning
platforms. These approaches had limitations in addressing the complexity of the
groundnut farming system and therefore constraints to the uptake of improved
varieties continued to elude solution. The potential of a multi-stakeholder approach
to gain a broader view of how novelty and innovation occur in a farming system
was then recognized. Interactions among a range of actors including, among others,
traders, oilseed merchants and private seed companies, were facilitated within a
process of action and reflective learning. As a result, new constraints to innovation
in groundnut varieties were identified and ways of overcoming them were noted.
Documentation and analysis of the type and quality of linkages between the actors
in the system helped to catalogue the process, and the platform thus created provided
the actors with an opportunity to learn from each other. The lessons and
implications are discussed.
 
Publisher IP Publishing
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3929/1/MultipleActorOrientation.pdf
Prasad, V L and Bezkorowajnyj, P G and Nigam, S N and Hanson, J and Romney, D (2011) Multiple actor orientation: a case study of groundnut in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. Outlook on Agriculture, 40 (3). pp. 251-258. ISSN 0030-7270