Hocdé Henri, Meneses David.
2003. The meeting of two worlds : Constructing processes of PTD in northern Costa Rica.
In : Advancing participatory technology development : case studies on integration into agricultural research, extension and education. Wettasinha Chesha (ed.), Van Veldhuizen Laurens (ed.), Waters-Bayer Ann (ed.). IIRR, ETC Foundation, CTA
Résumé : In the Huetar North Region of Costa Rica, two separate initiatives were underway with similar purposes. On the one hand, a group of farmers was promoting a movement for farmer experimentation and exchange between farmers about their experiments; on the other hand, a group of extension workers and researchers from the national Ministry of Agriculture were promoting an approach called "farmer experimenters" as a new model for technological innovation. Eventually, they met each other and sought ways to join hands. This coming together offered a possibility to broaden ("scale up") the processes of "PTD" Participatory Technology Development (although the term, as such, was never used). Here, scaling up does not refer primarily to wide-scale incorporation of participatory research and extension into the various formal institutions that support agriculture (research, extension, universities, local governments). Rather, the focus is on strengthening the organisation of producers who want to be responsible for managing the processes of technological innovation: to conduct these processes themselves and to invite the supporting institutions to join them.
Mots-clés Agrovoc : innovation, expérimentation au champ, vulgarisation
Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Costa Rica
Mots-clés complémentaires : Expérimentation en milieu paysan
Classification Agris : E14 - Économie et politique du développement
Auteurs et affiliations
- Hocdé Henri, CIRAD-TERA-AFM (FRA)
- Meneses David, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia (Costa Rica) (CRI)
Autres liens de la publication
Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/523254/)
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