Finding common ground: towards a global initiative on
direct-sowing, mulch-based systems and conservation
agriculture (DMC)

During the coming decades, conservation agriculture technologies will be critically
important in improving the productivity and sustainability of agroecosystems in
developing countries. The DMC initiative features a bottom-up process of learning and
synthesis regarding conservation agriculture practices. By analyzing and comparing
experiences from decentralized initiatives, by synthesizing and systematizing lessons
learned, and by identifying and filling gaps, DMC practices can be harnessed by a wider

Development of global partnerships for fish genetics research: a success story

This paper describes the success of the project in developing methods for genetic enhancement
of tropical finfish through partnership among ICLARM (IARC), National Aquatic Research
Systems in Asia (NARS), an advanced scientific institution from Norway (ASI), farmers, donors
(Annex 1), how the different partnerships evolved, the roles played by each of the partners, the
globalization of the outputs from a project undertaken in one country and the lessons learned in
the process.

Session 2: stakeholders' involvement in setting and implementing an agricultural research agenda. Cashew-nut processing miniplants in Northeastern Brazil: a successful partnership (Latin America and the Caribbean)

This paper describes the implementation of a multipartner effort, under the coordination of
Embrapa Tropical Agroindustry, one of the research centres of the Brazilian Agricultural
Research Corporation (Embrapa), located in the State of Ceará, Northeast Brazil. The project had as its main objective to improve the quality of cashew nuts produced by small farmers, through the introduction of improved producing and processing technologies,
together with sound managerial and organisational aspects, using a highly participatory

Modalities of scaling-up landcare and NRM in the Philippines: creating space for public-private partnerships at the local level

ICRAF¿s Research and Development Programme is now focused at developing technical, institutional and
policy innovations, in an Integrated Natural Resource Management Research (INRM) Framework. The scale
of analysis of our work begins at the farm and household level¿to the village and municipal levels¿and, to
the provincial and national levels (annex 1). The links at various levels are clearly defined along with the
strategic interplay of technical and social researches at each level. This Research and Development

Towards an evolving conceptual framework to effectively capture the complexity of collaborative research. New approaches for carrying out agricultural research need new concepts and models
to improve understanding of synergy dynamics among
researchers, fa

In this paper, we provide some conceptual landmarks and theoretical orientations
for analyzing new approaches for analyzing change in agricultural research. So, we need to clarify
some basic concepts and representations to be able to debate more meaningfully on methodological
issues.

From technology-based to people-oriented synergies.
A case study on how the in-depth analysis of a synergy between farmers, researchers
and developers invites to reconsider some basic perspectives on pro-poor agricultural research

A research is currently being carried out in the Aguié District (Maradi Region, Niger) under the
responsibility of the International NGO ENDA GRAF Sahel, with IFAD (International Fund for
Agricultural Development) financial support, concerning an on-going process of collaboration
between farmers, researchers and development project field staff started in 1998. In synthesis, the
purpose of this research is twofold: (i) highlight the changes occurred in the wake of a radical shift in

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