Agricultural Research Priorities

Issues and approaches. Setting research priorities in FSR & D programmes. The research-research interface. Priority setting tools for research groups. Farmer participation in priority setting. Linking research to technology dissemination. Policymakers, planners and donors in FSR priority setting. From diagnosis to priority research themes: Indonesia. From theme to on-farm experimentation: lake zone, Tanzania. Making research plans: DRSPH, Mali. Planing research in an interdisciplinary team: ARPT Westem Province Zambia. Farmer participation in priority setting: RAMR, Benin. Research demands of an extension programme for women: PROFED, Mali. Reinforcing interaction between research and development: PLAE, Mali. Setting priorities for regional research PRIAG, Central America. Getting results: an overview and future agenda.

Priority assessment for commodity improvement programmes has received methodological attention, yet innovation is needed for other, newer areas of research which have impact pathways that are harder to predict. Focusing on priority setting practices utilized in different international agricultural research institutes, this book discusses real world experiences and innovations with priority assessment methods. Chapters present approaches that have been used to articulate, explore and assess impact pathways and research priorities, while also considering their strengths and weaknesses and drawing together methodological lessons.