Author(s)
Van Mele, PaulBentley, Jeffery W.
Dacko, Rosaline Maiga
Yattara, Kalifa
Acheampong, George K.
Publication date
2011-08-01Keywords
AgricultureDevelopment methods
Livelihoods
Food production
Training
Capacity building
Development in Practice Journal
DiP
Metadata
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Development in PracticeDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
An international project called PADS promoted participatory learning and action research with inland valley rainfed rice farmers in West Africa. All countries received the same training, similar funding, and the same leadership. Although the staff in Ghana were conscientious and gave much training to the farmer beneficiaries, the Mali staff explicitly encouraged farmers to experiment. Farmers in Mali responded to this favourable attitude by experimenting more than those in Ghana, and in qualitatively more interesting ways. Long-term engagement with grassroots organisations may be as conducive to changing public servants' attitudes as the actual participatory approach promoted on the ground.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>Pages
15ISSN
0961-4524EISSN
1364-9213ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/09614524.2011.582855