This theme has grown from NRI's longstanding and pioneering interest in participatory and interdisciplinary methodologies for agricultural research. Later this interest developed to focus on the ways such methodologies could be used and institutionalized within agricultural research organizations, while also encompassing related topics such as Indigenous Technical Knowledge and farmer experimentation.

We continue to work on these sub-themes, applying the approaches to other fields within natural resources research, such as soil fertility and livestock production. These interests have converged with others, such as the macro-economic determinants of agricultural change, the development of partnerships between widely differing stakeholders in research, performance assessment within agricultural research institutions, and the role of NGOs and the private sector within agricultural research and extension.

Staff

Adrienne Martin
Martin (Czech) Conroy
Prof. John Morton
Dr Alastair Orr
Barry Pound
Dr Alistair Sutherland

Publications

Anderson, S., Gundel, S., Pound, B. and Triomph, B. (2001) Cover Crops in Smallholder Agriculture: Lessons from Latin America. ITDG Publishing, London.

Biggs, S., Matsaert, H. and Martin, A. (2001) Changing natural resources research and development capability: whither social capital? Pp. 204-225 in: Jeffery, R. and Vira, B. (eds). Conflict and Co-operation in Participatory Natural Resource Management. Palgrave, Basingstoke, UK.

Clark, N., Yoganand, B. and Hall, A.J. (2002) New science, capacity development and institutional change: the case of the Andhra Pradesh-Netherlands Biotechnology Programme (APNLBP). The International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development. 1(3): 195-212.

Conroy, C., Thakur, Y., and Vadher, M. (2002) The efficacy of participatory development of technologies: experiences with resource-poor goat-keepers in India. Livestock Research for Rural Development 14(3).

Hall, A.J., Sivamohan, M.V.K., Clark, N., Taylor, S. and Bockett, G. (2001) Why research partnerships really matter: innovation theory, institutional arrangements and implications for the developing new technology for the poor. World Development 29(5): 783-797.

Hall, A.J. (2002) Innovation systems and capacity development: agenda for North-South research collaboration?. The International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development. 1(3): 146-152.

Hall, A.J., Clark, N.G., Rasheed Sulaiman V., and Sarah Taylor (2002) Institutional learning through technical projects: Horticultural technology R&D systems in India. The International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development. 1(1): 25-39.

Hall, A.J. and Rasheed Sulaiman V. (2002) Application of the innovation systems framework in North-South research. The International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development. 1(3): 182-195.

Hall, A.J., Rasheed Sulaiman V., Clark, N.G., Sivamohan, M.V.K. and B Yoganand. (2002) Public-private sector interaction in the Indian agricultural research system: An innovation systems perspective on institutional reform. In Byerlee, D. and Echeverria, R.G. (eds) Agricultural Research Policy in an Era of Privatization: Experiences from the Developing World. CABI, Wallingford, UK.

Janowski, M. (2002) `In the Field' : Inter-cultural communication through radio and other media. Pp. 221-234 in Lo Bianco, J. (ed) Development and Language : Global influences and local effects. Language Australia Ltd., Melbourne

Martin, A., Oudwater, N., and Gündel, S. (2001) Methodologies for situation analysis. Urban Agriculture Magazine 5: 10-12.

Martin, A. and Albright, K. (2003) Integrated pest management - gender sensitive and participatory approaches to IPM. Pp. 280-291 in Jacobs, M. and Dinham, B. (eds) Silent Invaders: Pesticides, Livelihoods and Women's Health, Zed Books, London.

Morton, J., Adolph, B., Ashley, S. and Romney, D. (2002) Conceptual, methodological and institutional issues in participatory livestock production research. Livestock Research for Rural Development 14(4)

Morton, J., Quan, J., Nelson, V. and Albright, K. (2002) Improving communication with UK agricultural and related scientific expertise: UK NGO perspectives. Science Communication 23(4): 442-462.

Orr, A., Mwale, B. and Saiti, D. (2001). What is an IPM 'strategy'? Explorations in southern Malawi. Experimental Agriculture 37(4): 473-494.

Orr, A. Mwale and D. Saiti (2002). Modelling agricultural 'performance': smallholder weed management in Southern Malawi, International Journal of Pest Management 48(4): 265-278.

Oudwater, N. and Martin, A. (2003) Methods and issues in exploring local knowledge of soils. Geoderma 111(3-4): 387-401.

Payton, R.W., Barr, J.J.F., Martin, A., Sillitoe, P., Deckers, J.F., Gowing, J.W., Hatibu, N., Naseem, S.B. Tenywa, M. and Zuberi, M.I. (2003) Contrasting approaches to integrating indigenous knowledge about soils and scientific soil survey in East Africa and Bangladesh Geoderma 111(3-4): 355-386

Rasheed Sulaiman V., and Hall, A.J. (2002) Beyond technology dissemination: reinventing agricultural extension. Outlook on Agriculture 31(4): 225-234.

Smith, D.R with Sutherland, A. (2002) Institutionalising Impact Orientation: building a performance management approach that enhances the impact orientation of research organizations. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, UK.

Sutherland, A., Martin, A. and Smith, D. R (2001) Dimensions of Participation: Experiences, Lessons and Tips from Agricultural Research Practitioners in Sub Saharan Africa. Chatham, UK: Natural Resources Institute.

Wood, C.D., Badve, V.C., Shindey, D.N. and Conroy, C. (2001) Contrasts in grazing management and diet between goat herds owned by two ethnic groups in Rajasthan, India. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 13 (5).