Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITAs benchmark area approach
Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with similar conditions. The CGIAR system has been developing ecoregional research as a new paradigm for over a decade. In this paper we evaluate one of the most ambitious of these initiatives called the Benchmark Area Approach (BAA) pioneered by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. We evaluate the BAA against nine good practice criteria for ecoregional research and finding that the approach is delivering, or has the potential to deliver, on all nine. Many of the lessons learnt from this evaluation will be relevant to current and future attempts to undertake co-ordinated multi-locational research for development.
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dig-cgspace-10568-918822023-12-08T19:36:04Z Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITAs benchmark area approach Douthwaite, Boru Baker, Derek Weise, S.F. Gockowski, J. Manyong, Victor M. Keatinge, J.D.H. ecoregional research foods green revolution genetic benchmark Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with similar conditions. The CGIAR system has been developing ecoregional research as a new paradigm for over a decade. In this paper we evaluate one of the most ambitious of these initiatives called the Benchmark Area Approach (BAA) pioneered by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. We evaluate the BAA against nine good practice criteria for ecoregional research and finding that the approach is delivering, or has the potential to deliver, on all nine. Many of the lessons learnt from this evaluation will be relevant to current and future attempts to undertake co-ordinated multi-locational research for development. 2005-07 2018-03-23T06:48:57Z 2018-03-23T06:48:57Z Journal Article Douthwaite, B., Baker, D., Weise, S., Gockowski, J., Manyong, V. & Keatinge, J. (2005). Ecoregional research in Africa: learning lessons from IITA's benchmark area approach. Experimental Agriculture, 41(3), 271-298. 0014-4797 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91882 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479705002681 en Limited Access p. 271-298 Cambridge University Press |
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Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with similar conditions. The CGIAR system has been developing ecoregional research as a new paradigm for over a decade. In this paper we evaluate one of the most ambitious of these initiatives called the Benchmark Area Approach (BAA) pioneered by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. We evaluate the BAA against nine good practice criteria for ecoregional research and finding that the approach is delivering, or has the potential to deliver, on all nine. Many of the lessons learnt from this evaluation will be relevant to current and future attempts to undertake co-ordinated multi-locational research for development. |
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