Proposal for a marketing systems research approach in agricultural development planning

1990 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.M. Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Marketing Systems

Constructing Locality: The Terroir Approach in West Africa

Africa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Bassett ◽  
Chantal Blanc-Pamard ◽  
Jean Boutrais
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Government Aid ◽  
Land Privatization ◽  
Alternative Research ◽  
A Site ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Important Shift

AbstractThis article examines the origins and evolution of the terroir approach as an organizing idea in development planning in West Africa. We consider the evolving meaning of the terroir concept in three distinct periods: as a research approach crafted in a French geographical school; as a site for research-development programmes, and, most recently, as a tool for conservation planning, territorial restructuring, and land privatization. An important shift in the meaning of the terroir concept is apparent in its evolving uses. For the terroir school, the terroir came to represent the socio-natural heritage of a group in which its social organization and pattern of resource use became inscribed in the landscape. The concept took on new meaning in the late-1980s as an appropriate location for on-farm research by agricultural development planners. The terroir became both an alternative research site and a setting for mobilizing rural populations to adopt new land management and farming techniques. The meaning of the concept shifted again in the 1990s with the advent of the gestion des terroirs approach. In the hands of conservation and development planners, the terroir was conceived of as a scale of intervention for a host of government, aid donor, and NGO programmes. In summary, a significant change in the meaning of the concept has taken place from one in which the notion of local heritage was dominant to one that emphasizes territory and boundary clarification.

A Development Plan for Semi-Arid Areas in Western Sudan

1975 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin E. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Face ◽  
Planning Problems

SUMMARYThis paper, concerned with agricultural development planning problems in the Sahelian and Sudanian (semi-desert and savanna) zones in Africa between 10 and 16° North, describes a plan for Darfur, Western Sudan. This aims to modernize a stagnant and primitive technology and out-dated land rights which, in the face of rapid population increase and climatic change, are reducing the long-term carrying capacity of the land. The development plan (H.T.S., 1974) has been based on a 2-year (1972–73) survey by a team of physical and social scientists, financed by the Overseas Development Administration of the United Kingdom and the Ministry of Agriculture in the Sudan.

Developing the role of perennial forages for crop–livestock farms: a strategic multi-disciplinary approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick S. Llewellyn ◽  
Michael J. Robertson ◽  
Richard C. Hayes ◽  
David Ferris ◽  
Katrien Descheemaeker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Perennial Grasses ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Perennial Species ◽  
Functional Roles ◽  
Farmer Participatory Research ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Livestock Farms

Developing new and improved grazing systems for crop–livestock farms where crop production is the major driver of farm management decisions presents a unique research and development challenge. In southern Australia, a substantial proportion of animal production from grazing comes from regions and farms where cropping is the major enterprise. In this paper, we describe a multi-disciplinary farming-systems research approach (EverCrop) aimed at improving farm profitability, risk management and environmental impacts through the development and integration of new grazing options with an emphasis on perennial species. It has been used to analyse and target new opportunities for farmers to benefit from perennial species across dry Mediterranean-type and temperate regions of southern Australia. It integrates field experimentation, on-farm trialling, farmer participatory research, soil–plant–climate biophysical modelling, whole-farm bioeconomic analysis and evaluations of adoptability. Multi-functional roles for summer-active grasses with winter cropping, integration of forage shrubs and establishment of new mixes of perennial grasses in crop rotations to improve farming system performance are identified, along with an analysis of factors likely to affect rate of uptake by farmers.

scholarly journals Lessons from a Health Policy and Systems Research programme exploring the quality and coverage of newborn care in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. e001937
Author(s):  
Mike English ◽  
David Gathara ◽  
Jacinta Nzinga ◽  
Pratap Kumar ◽  
Fred Were ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Newborn Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Health System Strengthening ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Systems Research

There are global calls for research to support health system strengthening in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). To examine the nature and magnitude of gaps in access and quality of inpatient neonatal care provided to a largely poor urban population, we combined multiple epidemiological and health services methodologies. Conducting this work and generating findings was made possible through extensive formal and informal stakeholder engagement linked to flexibility in the research approach while keeping overall goals in mind. We learnt that 45% of sick newborns requiring hospital care in Nairobi probably do not access a suitable facility and that public hospitals provide 70% of care accessed with private sector care either poor quality or very expensive. Direct observations of care and ethnographic work show that critical nursing workforce shortages prevent delivery of high-quality care in high volume, low-cost facilities and likely threaten patient safety and nurses’ well-being. In these challenging settings, routines and norms have evolved as collective coping strategies so health professionals maintain some sense of achievement in the face of impossible demands. Thus, the health system sustains a functional veneer that belies the stresses undermining quality, compassionate care. No one intervention will dramatically reduce neonatal mortality in this urban setting. In the short term, a substantial increase in the number of health workers, especially nurses, is required. This must be combined with longer term investment to address coverage gaps through redesign of services around functional tiers with improved information systems that support effective governance of public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

scholarly journals Strategi Pembangunan Pertanian Berkelanjutan di Pedesaan Berbasis Citra Drone (Studi Kasus Desa Sukadamai Kabupaten Bogor)

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Ihsan Arham ◽  
Sofyan Sjaf ◽  
Dudung Darusman
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Land Availability ◽  
Land Carrying Capacity

Most of the agricultural sector activities are in rural area. Rural and agricultural development requires accurate spatial information so that accuracy in sustainable development planning can be attained. This study was aimed to determine the strategy of sustainable agriculture development planning in a rural area. This research method used a spatial data approach acquiring village imagery produced using a drone. The actual land use analysis used ArcGIS software through a participatory digitization process. Analysis of land carrying capacity using the approach of land availability and land requirements. The results of the analysis became a reference for compiling the direction of planning for sustainable agricultural village development. Analysis of alternative program priorities using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach. The study found that agricultural areas dominated land use in Sukadamai Village with an area of 112,942 ha (42,693%). Land carrying capacity in Sukadamai Village was in a deficit with a comparison ratio of land availability (SL) to land requirements (DL) of 0.22. The strategy of sustainable agricultural development that can be done is the innovative application of effective and efficient land intensification. The program prioritized the criteria of social justice and maximized the government's role in realizing development goals.

scholarly journals Prioritization of Watersheds across Mali Using Remote Sensing Data and GIS Techniques for Agricultural Development Planning

Water ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murali Gumma ◽  
Birhanu Birhanu ◽  
Irshad Mohammed ◽  
Ramadjita Tabo ◽  
Anthony Whitbread
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Gis Techniques

The structure and function of agricultural research

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Ann Clark ◽  
B. R. Christie ◽  
S. F. Weise
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Second World War ◽  
High Yield ◽  
World War ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
And Function ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Second World

Contemporary agricultural research is founded upon short-term controlled studies to examine, screen, and rank performance of genetic improvements or managerial processes. This approach has performed admirably in support of the resource-intensive, high-yield paradigm which has guided agricultural development since the second World War. Changes to this paradigm, which may occur in response to economic, societal, or environmental issues, may require increased emphasis on farm-based, system-oriented research to complement the experiment-station-based research which has proven so successful to date. Corresponding changes to the form, structure, intent, and ultimately, the beneficiaries of agricultural research are discussed. Key words: Long-term research, perennial forages, high-yield agriculture, on-farm research, fanning systems research, profitability, genotype × environment interactions, stability, adaptability

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