Agricultural Actors, Networks and Mind-sets: Discovering the predisposition for CAPS in the Mt Elgon region of Uganda and Kenya

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Author(s):
K.M. Moore; J. N. Lamb; R. Laker-Ojok; J. Nyachwo; D. N. Sikuku; D.S. Ashilenje; E. J. Mukhwana; B. Bashaasha; J. Norton

Type of Document:
Research Report

 

Publisher/Journal:
SANREM CRSP, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Date of Publication:
2012

Place of Publication:
Blacksburg, VA

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Description: Scaling up conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS) for smallholders requires facilitating a change in mindset within a supporting network of agricultural production partners. Entering into the dialogue necessary to achieve these changes depends on the capacity of CAPS promoters to interact and communicate effectively with the existing network of farmers, agricultural service sector providers, and community agents. Effectively negotiating these interactions to create innovative ways to integrate the three conservation agriculture principles (reduced tillage, maintaining a permanent crop cover, and crop rotations) into local production practices will require: (1) an understanding of the current (local and scientific) knowledge and perspectives concerning best agricultural norms and practices; and (2) identifying the relevant actors and their resource and communication channels in the local agricultural production network. As a contribution to building communicative capacity, this working paper presents findings from the study of four local networks involved in CAPS research by the SANREM CRSP Long-Term Research Activity in East Africa (LTRA-10).

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Working Paper No. 03-12

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