This paper presents lessons from applying an innovative approach for linking smallholder
farmers to markets. This approach entitled, Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) focuses on …

Agricultural research and development organizations are increasingly under pressure to
shift from enhancing productivity of food crops to improving profitability and competitiveness …

Top-down approaches to innovation development are still frequent oreven dominant in
many circles. However, such approaches have long ceased to be the only paradigm for …

This paper presents lessons from applying an innovative action research approach for
linking smallholder farmers to markets, in eastern and southern Africa. The Enabling Rural …

This booklet has its origins in a programme entitled 'Promoting Farmer Innovation'(PFI) and
specifically in a sub-regional workshop held under PFI, in Dodoma, Tanzania between 23 …

This publication is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing
agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. A Market Facilitator's Guide is based …

Agricultural research, extension and education can contribute greatly to enhancing
agricultural production in a sustainable way and to reducing poverty in the developing world …

Since 2004, research and development (R&D) partners in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa
have been working with the International Centre for development oriented Research in …

BACKGROUND Rwanda, like many developing nations, relies heavily on agriculture for
both domestic consumption and exports, and more than 85 per cent of the population …

One of Africa's major untapped resources is the creativity of its farmers. This book presents a
series of clear and detailed studies that demonstrate how small-scale farmers, both men and …