UPWARD Publications and Multimedia

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	From Cultivators to Consumers: Participatory Research With Various User Groups. CIP-UPWARD (2003) In working toward more relevant agricultural research, it is crucial to meet the technology needs of diverse user groups. This is especially important in multi-stakeholder agricultural livelihood systems such as those associated with sweetpotato, potato and other root/tuber ... More	Conservacion y Uso Sostenible de la Biodiversidad Agricola Libro de Consulta CIP-UPWARD, GTZ, IDRC, IPGRI and SEARICE (2003) La biodiversidad agrícola es la base de la seguridad alimentaria global. Los agricultores, apacentadores de ganado y pescadores, especialmente aquellos que viven en áreas donde todavía se practican diversos sistemas, son los principales administradores ... More
	Urban Gardens: Persistence and Change. Nazarea, V.P., M.C. Piniero, and R.P. Mula (2003) This publication is based on a research project which aimed to examine the socio-cultural and biophysical dimensions of urban homegardens in Baguio City, northern Philippines. The collection of papers in this publication highlight several key research and development issues of particular interest to the UPWARD ... More	Conservation and Sustainable Use of Agricultural Biodiversity CIP-UPWARD, GTZ, IDRC, IPGRI and SEARICE (2003) The appreciation for agricultural biodiversity has grown and matured, resulting in an increasing awareness that its valuation and use could contribute to long-term conservation and use. This sourcebook encourages action aimed at managing agricultural biodiversity resources within existing landscapes and ... More
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	CAPACITY.ORG MAGAZINE Issue No. 17 (April 2003) on Evaluating Capacity Development This issue of Capacity.org is about organizational self-evaluation for capacity development. It reviews the results of an action-learning project, called Evaluating Capacity Development (ECD), led by the International Service for National Agricultural Research ... More Download (pdf format: 259 kb)	Evaluating Capacity Development: Experiences from Research and Development Organizations Around the World Horton, D., A. Alexaki, S. Bennett-Lartey, K. N. Brice, D. Campilan, F. Carden, J. de Souza Silva, Le T. D., I. Khadar, A. M. Boza, I. K. Muniruzzaman, J. Perez, M. S. Chang, R..Vernooy (2003) Ensuring the effectiveness of a capacity building effort requires the appropriate use of evaluation. Yet few organizations have ... More
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	Farmer Field School for Integrated Crop Management of Potato in Nepal: Field Guides and Technical Manual CIP-UPWARD, Department of Agriculture-Potato Development Section (DoA-PDS) Nepal and CARE Nepal (2003) This publication is a comprehensive collection of information resources for FFS facilitators and other development workers involved in farmer training on potato integrated crop management (ICM). It consists of the following sections: 1) FFS planning, 2) technical guide on potato ICM, 3) suggested simple studies/experiments for FFS farmers, and 4) learning guides for individual FFS sessions ... More Condensed Nepali version is already available!	CD-ROM on the International Learning Workshop on Farmer Field Schools This is a compilation of earlier materials produced from the international workshop, and includes: 1) summary report of the workshop, 2) abstracts, presentation materials and full text of workshop papers, 3) special FFS issue (March 2003) of LEISA Magazine, and 4) list of authors and directory of workshop participants. The contents of this CD-ROM are stored in several formats, with full texts available as PDF files and presentation slides as Powerpoint files. The content of the the PPS files have been converted to JPG format. Production of this CD-ROM was spearheaded by FIELD Indonesia. To obtain a copy, contact UPWARD or FIELD Indonesia
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	LEISA Magazine on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture March 2003 Volume 19 No. 1 The March 2003 issue of the LEISA Magazine features the shorter, modified versions of the original papers presented at the International Learning Workshop on Farmer Field Schools: Emerging Issues and Challenges, held in Indonesia on 21-25 October 2002. LEISA Magazine is published quarterly by ILEIA, the Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics. Click here for the on-line version of the issue.	Farmer Field Schools: Emerging Issues and Challenges CIP-UPWARD (2003) This volume is a 434-page compilation of papers presented at the International Learning Workshop on FFS held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on 21-25 October 2002 co-organized by the International Potato Center (CIP) through its UPWARD Network, the Farmers’ Initiatives for Ecological Livelihood and and Democracy (FIELD) Indonesia, and The Rockefeller Foundation. Twenty-four (24) of the 31 papers in the volume discuss case experiences highlighting ... More
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	Capacity Development for Participatory Research CIP-UPWARD (2002) Capacity development plays a key role in sustaining and institutionalizing innovations in agricultural research. Developing capacity for participatory research poses key challenges in designing appropriate learning processes, setting up support mechanisms and facilitative environments, and in mobilizing available resources ... More	Farmer Field Schools: From IPM to Platforms for Learning and Empowerment CIP-UPWARD, FIELD Indonesia and The Rockefeller Foundation (2003) This publication features highlights of the International Learning Workshop on Farmer Field Schools: Emerging Issues and Challenges, held in Indonesia on 21-25 October 2002. It synthesizes global experiences in FFS derived from ... More Download (pdf format: 674 kb)
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	Secondary Farmers of Secondary Crops? Women and Rootcrop Livelihood in the Philippines UPWARD (2002) This publication is the output of an FAO-supported project which aimed to assess roles, opportunities and constraints faced by women farmers in sustainable rootcrop livelihood, and identify implications for household food security and genetic resources conservation in the Philippines. The key questions addressed ... More	Ethnovideography: Video-based Indigenous Knowledge Systems Flor, A.G. (2002) This is a publication that aims to instruct readers on using ethnovideography -- a participatory methodology of using small-format video in the study of people, communities, groups, or sub-groups. Ethnovideography was developed by the author based on an earlier CIP-UPWARD project on indigenous knowledge ... More
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	UPWARD Fieldnotes: Vol. 11 Numbers 1 & 2, June - December 2002 Edition focus: R&D Partnerships with Local Institutions It is now increasingly recognized that local institutions play a crucial role in implementing, sustaining and scaling up agricultural R&D activities. Thus UPWARD's field-based R&D projects deliberately seek to develop partnerships with various types of ... Download (pdf format: 647 kb) I Other volumes	Agrobiodiversity Conservation and the Role of Rural Women: Expert Consultation Report FAO, CIP-UPWARD and SEARCA (2002) This consultation was organized to simultaneously address agrobiodiversity conservation and gender concerns. Asian country experiences from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines and Thailand served as inputs to the discussions are compiled in the report ... More
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