MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
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LEARNING USING THE FFS EXTENSION APPROACH
A GROUP OF 25-30 FARMERS AFFECTED AND
INTERESTED IN SOLVING A PRODUCTION
CONSTRAINT FORM A FFS.
TOGETHER WITH EXTENSION, FARMERS DESIGN
FIELD EXPERIMENTS TO COMPARE OPTIONS WITH
THEIR PRACTICE
FARMERS SELECT A HOST FARMER AND A SITE
FARMERS MEET AT AGREED PERIODS DETERMINED
BY NEED: - CROP AGE AND GROWTH STAGES.
1(8- 2 MEETINGS PER SEASON)
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2012
DATA TO BE COLLECTED AND ANALYSED BY
FARMERS TO COMPARE THE PERFORAMNCE OF
CROPS UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT
REGIMES
%- GE EMERGENCE
LEAF COLOUR
PLANT HEIGHT
NUMBER OF TILLERS
NUMBER OF FRUITING BODIES
LENGTH, CIRCUMFERENCE OF COB/ PANICLE
LABOUR FOR ALL OPERATIONS
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IN SUB GROUPS FARMERS ANALYSE THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A CROP AND ITS
ENVIRONMENT.
FARMERS MEASURE AND RECORD PARAMETERS
THAT WOULD BRING ABOUT DIFFERENCES IN THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE TREATMENTS.
IN THEIR SUBGROUPS THE FARMERS ANALYSE
THE DATA, NOTING DIFFERENCES IN
PERFORMANCES AND THE REASONS FOR THE
DIFFERENCES
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WEED SPECTRUM AND DENSITY
DISEASE AND PEST DYNAMICS
YIELDS
RETURNS PER DOLLAR INVESTED IN THE
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES (Cost Benefit Analysis
ETC
Slide 15
FARMERS MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION- IF
THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CROP,
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MANAGE IT WELL?
SUBGROUPS PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO THE
FFS.
THE FFS ARRIVES AT A CONSENSUS AS TO WHAT
MANAGEMENT DECISION TO IMPLEMENT.
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A FARMER WHO HAS ANALYSED THE DIFFERENCES IN
THE PERFOMANCE OF THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES
THROUGH OUT THE CROP’S LIFE CYCLE CAN MAKE AN
INFORMED DECISION ON ADAPTATION AND OR
ADOPTION
THEY ARE EXPERTS IN THE SUBJECT AS THEY WOULD
HAVE LEARNT MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS OF ALL
THE GROWTH STAGES OF THE CROP.
WHEN FARMERS, RESEARCHERS AND EXTENSIONISTS
ALL CONTRIBUTE THEIR SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND
SKILLS AND EXPERIMENT JOINTLY OPTIMIASATION
OF YIELDS AND MAXIMISATION OF PROFITS IS
ACHIEVED WITHIN A VERY SHORT SPACE OF TIME
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