Scaling up the impact of agroforestry: Lessons from three sites in Africa and Asia
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Scaling up the impact of agroforestry : Lessons from three sites in Africa and Asia. / Franzel, S.; Denning, G. L.; Lillesø, J. P.B.; Mercado, A. R.
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T1 - Scaling up the impact of agroforestry
T2 - Lessons from three sites in Africa and Asia
AU - Franzel, S.
AU - Denning, G. L.
AU - Lillesø, J. P.B.
AU - Mercado, A. R.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This paper assesses recent lessons in scaling up agroforestry benefits, drawing on three case studies: fodder shrubs in Kenya, improved tree fallows in Zambia and natural vegetative strips coupled with the Landcare Movement in the Philippines. Currently more than 15 000 farmers use each of these innovations. Based on an examination of the main factors facilitating their spread, 10 key elements of scaling up are presented. The key elements contributing to impact were a farmer-centered research and extension approach, a range of technical options developed by farmers and researchers, the building of local institutional capacity, the sharing of knowledge and information, learning from successes and failures, and strategic partnerships and facilitation. Three other elements are critical for scaling up: marketing, germplasm production and distribution systems, and policy options. But the performance of the three case-study projects on these was, at best, mixed. As different as the strategies for scaling up are in the three case studies, they face similar challenges. Facilitators need to develop exit strategies, find ways to maintain bottom-up approaches in scaling up as innovations spread, assess whether and how successful strategies can be adapted to different sites and countries, examine under which circumstances they should scale up innovations and under which circumstances they should scale up processes, and determine how the costs of scaling up may be reduced.
AB - This paper assesses recent lessons in scaling up agroforestry benefits, drawing on three case studies: fodder shrubs in Kenya, improved tree fallows in Zambia and natural vegetative strips coupled with the Landcare Movement in the Philippines. Currently more than 15 000 farmers use each of these innovations. Based on an examination of the main factors facilitating their spread, 10 key elements of scaling up are presented. The key elements contributing to impact were a farmer-centered research and extension approach, a range of technical options developed by farmers and researchers, the building of local institutional capacity, the sharing of knowledge and information, learning from successes and failures, and strategic partnerships and facilitation. Three other elements are critical for scaling up: marketing, germplasm production and distribution systems, and policy options. But the performance of the three case-study projects on these was, at best, mixed. As different as the strategies for scaling up are in the three case studies, they face similar challenges. Facilitators need to develop exit strategies, find ways to maintain bottom-up approaches in scaling up as innovations spread, assess whether and how successful strategies can be adapted to different sites and countries, examine under which circumstances they should scale up innovations and under which circumstances they should scale up processes, and determine how the costs of scaling up may be reduced.
KW - Extension
KW - Farmer-centered research
KW - Fodder shrubs
KW - Landcare
KW - Natural vegetative strips
KW - Tree fallows
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=3342972194&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/B:AGFO.0000029008.71743.2d
DO - 10.1023/B:AGFO.0000029008.71743.2d
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:3342972194
VL - 61-62
SP - 329
EP - 344
JO - Agroforestry Systems
JF - Agroforestry Systems
SN - 0167-4366
IS - 1-3
ER -
ID: 258892978