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Counting eggs? Smallholder experiments and tryouts as success indicators of adoption of soil fertility technologies (Record no. 61816)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 61816
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field MX-TxCIM
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20200513172752.0
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fixed length control field 200507s2011 ne ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-90-481-2541-8
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-90-481-2543-2 (Online)
024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2543-2_116
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 943
Personal name Misiko, M.T.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Counting eggs? Smallholder experiments and tryouts as success indicators of adoption of soil fertility technologies
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Dordrecht (Netherlands) :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Springer,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The aim of this chapter is to analyse how successfully smallholders test–apply new soil fertility concepts and to understand the diverse adaptive strategies they rely on. Through in-depth interviews and participant observation in western Kenya, we analysed success stories in the form of use-as-you-learn applications, i.e. “experiments”, following a participatory research initiative. The nature and prevalence of smallholder use-as-you-learn “experiments”, referred to here as tryouts, is a useful indicator of future application of research concepts and technologies, whether they can be gainful and sustainable. Smallholder experimentation can work best when integrated into research agendas or in cases when researchers dedicate themselves to participatory research full-time and long enough. This chapter concludes that co-research initiatives are crucial for successful soil fertility research and also shows that the hunt for signs of success of research among smallholders is a crucial beginning point for any scaling-out initiative.
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Language note Text in English
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 4423
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Innovation
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1952
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Soil fertility
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1268
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Soil management
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1763
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Smallholders
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 9209
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Participatory research
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 338
Personal name Tittonell, P.
773 0# - HOST ITEM ENTRY
Place, publisher, and date of publication Dordrecht (Netherlands) : Springer, 2011.
Related parts p. 1137-1144
Title Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa
International Standard Book Number 978-90-481-2541-8
-- 978-90-481-2543-2 (Online)
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05/07/2020   05/07/2020 Book part Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     Reprints Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 05/07/2020

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