<ctx:context-object xsi:schemaLocation="info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx http://www.openurl.info/registry/docs/info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx" timestamp="2018-02-21T07:45:17Z" xmlns:ctx="info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:ctx" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XML"><ctx:referent><ctx:identifier>info:oai:icrisat:9188</ctx:identifier><ctx:metadata-by-val><ctx:format>info:ofi/fmt:xml:xsd:oai_dc</ctx:format><ctx:metadata><oai_dc:dc xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
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        <dc:title>The effectiveness and complementarity of field days and small seed packs (SSPs) in delivering Dryland Cereal technologies: A survey of field day participants and agro-vets in Singida and Iramba districts of central Tanzania, Working Paper Series No. 61</dc:title>
        <dc:creator>Audi, P</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Sakwera, L</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Ziwa, R</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Letayo, E</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Ojulong, H F</dc:creator>
        <dc:creator>Manyasa, E O</dc:creator>
        <dc:subject>Finger Millet</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Sorghum</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics</dc:subject>
        <dc:description>This paper is about the result of a survey done in the 2014-2015 cropping season of field day participants&#13;
and agro-vets who were facilitated to market SSPs and SFPs in Singida and Iramba districts of Tanzania. The&#13;
objective of the survey was to determine whether there was any correlation between awareness creation and&#13;
preferences reported during field days and the demand for technological inputs from the agro-vets. The results&#13;
showed a strong complementarity between the dissemination of information on improved technologies during&#13;
field days and the retailing of SSPs and SFPs in agro-vets. The field days help in creating awareness about the&#13;
benefits and attributes of available improved sorghum and finger millet varieties and associated agronomic&#13;
recommendations; while retailing of the SSPs and SFPs by the agro-vets not only helps promote the demand&#13;
for improved technological inputs but also enhances their accessibility as SSPs and SFPs are more affordable&#13;
to resource poor farmers. Therefore, having field days for awareness creation without improving accessibility&#13;
of technological inputs through sale of SSPs and SFPs or vice versa is futile and does not lead to enhanced&#13;
experimentation and adoption of improved technologies by target farmers...</dc:description>
        <dc:publisher>ICRISAT</dc:publisher>
        <dc:date>2015</dc:date>
        <dc:type>Monograph</dc:type>
        <dc:type>NonPeerReviewed</dc:type>
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        <dc:language>en</dc:language>
        <dc:identifier>http://oar.icrisat.org/9188/1/The%20effectiveness%20and%20complementarity%20Wps%2061%20merge%20file.pdf</dc:identifier>
        <dc:identifier>  Audi, P and Sakwera, L and Ziwa, R and Letayo, E and Ojulong, H F and Manyasa, E O  (2015) The effectiveness and complementarity of field days and small seed packs (SSPs) in delivering Dryland Cereal technologies: A survey of field day participants and agro-vets in Singida and Iramba districts of central Tanzania, Working Paper Series No. 61.  Working Paper. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India.     </dc:identifier></oai_dc:dc></ctx:metadata></ctx:metadata-by-val></ctx:referent></ctx:context-object>