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Participatory design of agroforestry systems: Developing farmer participatory research methods in Mexico

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  • Jeremy Haggar
  • Alejandro Ayala
  • Blanca Díaz
  • Carlos Uc Reyes

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Participatory research that combines the knowledge of farmers and researchers promotes the development of a variety of agroforestry options that may meet the various needs of different farmers, and thus exploits one of the greatest strengths of agroforestry - its plasticity. The design and evaluation of agroforestry systems with eight farmer research groups in south-east Mexico was conducted through surveys of individual production aims and limitations, and through group identification, testing, and analysis of production alternatives. Farmer trials were used as a basis for agroforestry development projects implemented by community and government organisations, thus disseminating technologies that had been tested and adapted by local farmers.

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  • Jeremy Haggar & Alejandro Ayala & Blanca Díaz & Carlos Uc Reyes, 2001. "Participatory design of agroforestry systems: Developing farmer participatory research methods in Mexico," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(4), pages 417-424, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:11:y:2001:i:4:p:417-424
    DOI: 10.1080/09614520120066701
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