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creators_name: Prasad, V L
creators_name: Bezkorowajnyj, P G
creators_name: Nigam, S N
creators_name: Hanson, J
creators_name: Romney, D
icrisatcreators_name: Nigam, S N
affiliation: ILRI(Patancheru)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: ILRI(Addis Ababa)
affiliation: CABI Africa(Nairobi)
country: India
country: Ethiopia
country: Kenya
title: Multiple actor orientation: a case study of groundnut in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.3
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: groundnut varieties; farming innovation; fodder; rural poverty; stakeholder linkages; Andhra Pradesh
note: This report is an output of a research project funded by
the UK Department for International Development (DFID)
for the benefit of developing countries. The views
expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. The authors
are grateful to Dr Malla Reddy of RDT for his support in
implementing the project and Dr Norman Clark for his
comments and suggestions on the manuscript.
abstract: As part of a three-year project focusing on improving the livelihoods of
poor livestock keepers by improving the availability of fodder, new groundnut
varieties were tested, incorporating participatory rural appraisal (PRA), rapid rural
appraisal (RRA), focus group discussions (FGDs) and field days as learning
platforms. These approaches had limitations in addressing the complexity of the
groundnut farming system and therefore constraints to the uptake of improved
varieties continued to elude solution. The potential of a multi-stakeholder approach
to gain a broader view of how novelty and innovation occur in a farming system
was then recognized. Interactions among a range of actors including, among others,
traders, oilseed merchants and private seed companies, were facilitated within a
process of action and reflective learning. As a result, new constraints to innovation
in groundnut varieties were identified and ways of overcoming them were noted.
Documentation and analysis of the type and quality of linkages between the actors
in the system helped to catalogue the process, and the platform thus created provided
the actors with an opportunity to learn from each other. The lessons and
implications are discussed.
date: 2011
date_type: published
publication: Outlook on Agriculture
volume: 40
number: 3
publisher: IP Publishing
pagerange: 251-258
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0030-7270
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/oa.2011.0054
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funders: Department for International Development
citation:   Prasad, V L and Bezkorowajnyj, P G and Nigam, S N and Hanson, J and Romney, D  (2011) Multiple actor orientation: a case study of groundnut in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.  Outlook on Agriculture, 40 (3).  pp. 251-258.  ISSN 0030-7270     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/3929/1/MultipleActorOrientation.pdf