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RNRRS legacy
Research reports for Jamaica
RNRRS legacy
Research reports for Jamaica
- Farmers learn to profit from not saving seed
Seed-tuber production schemes are helping farmers in Kenya and Uganda to produce quality potato planting material. Previously, because of the difficulties smallholders faced in purchasing good quality seed-tubers, they found themselves forced to depend on tubers saved from their own harvest. Yet infected home-saved tubers often carried bacterial wilt over to the next crop. A method known as the 'seed-plot' technique now allows smallholders with limited access to land to multiply seed-tubers effectively, lessening the impact of home-saved seed practices. Farmer associations, market chains, and communication and management structures support these production schemes. Materials designed to strengthen farmers' knowledge of marketing, finance and group dynamics help to ensure success. (Ref: CPP10) - Keeping watch on agrochemicals
New tools are helping Caribbean countries introduce effective controls on agrochemicals. A policy and management strategy document provides key recommendations. A toolkit for National Plans of Action supports national level implementation within the regional strategy and to satisfy international regulations. Although, these documents were developed in the Caribbean, they are generic and can be applied more widely in other developing countries and to African and Pacific States faced with the threat of losing market access to Europe. The tools are used extensively throughout the Caribbean, promoted by regional organisations. Nationally, implementation of the strategy has spread from two countries in 2003 to eight (St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Dominica, Antigua, Belize, Jamaica and St. Lucia) in 2006. (Ref: NRSP11) - Successful strategies for promoting new farming technologies
A systematic approach to planning and applying effective 'pyramidal' training and dissemination strategies is now available to help get new techniques into use by farmers. Originally developed to promote integrated pest management (IPM), the system can be used to build capacity in a wide range of fields. From innovative, interactive and enjoyable training courses for trainers and farmers, to training guides, farmer pocket books and pest identification cards, a host of useful and well-targeted outputs have already been produced. These are being used in 40 countries. Plus, the generic training strategy has already been successfully used locally by government agencies and NGOs such as Harvest Help and SACDEP in 10 countries: Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Jamaica, Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Zambia, Mauritius and India. (Ref: CPP34)
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