The 2012 RUFORUM Biennial Conference is the third in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. The third Biennial Conference was attended by 657 participants. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme Extended abstract under Value Chains and Innovation Platform
Experiences on Community Action Research Programme (CARP)
Abstract:
This write-up provides the experiences that the author has gone
through as part of his PhD study being conducted under the
Community Action Research Programme (CARP) at Bunda
College of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural
Resources (LUANAR). It gives an overview of the following
aspects: number of farmers directly involved in CARP, number
of farmers reached through outreach events, comments by
farmers on changes realised as a direct result of the author’s
work, personal experiences – best times, lessons learnt and
challenges and what the author plans to do after graduation in
relation to what he has been doing in the study. His main message
is that the CARP programme provides opportunity for
experiential learning by both university and community actors.
Cette description fournit les expériences que l’auteur a vécues
en rapport avec son travail de thèse dans le cadre du Programme
de Recherche-Action Communautaire (CARP) au Collège de
Bunda de l’Université d’Agriculture et des Ressources
Naturelles de Lilongwe (LUANAR). Elle donne un aperçu des
aspects suivants: le nombre d’agriculteurs impliqués
directement dans le CARP, le nombre d’agriculteurs contactés
par le biais des activités de sensibilisation, les commentaires
des agriculteurs sur les changements réalisés en tant que résultat
direct du travail de l’auteur, les expériences personnelles – les
meilleurs temps, les leçons apprises et les défis et ce que l’auteur
entend faire après l’obtention de son diplôme par rapport à ce
qu’il a fait dans l’étude. Son message principal est que le
programme CARP offre l’opportunité d’apprentissage
expérientiel par les acteurs universitaires et les acteurs
communautaires.
Language:
Extended abstract under Value Chains and Innovation Platform
Date of publication:
2012
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Region Focus:
Southern Africa
Collection:
RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Licence conditions:
Open Access
Form:
Printed resource
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