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Title: Adaptation rather than adoption: a case study of cropping system change in West Africa.
Authors: Périnelle, Anne1,2 (AUTHOR) anne.perinelle@cirad.fr, Scopel, Eric1,2 (AUTHOR), Adam, Myriam3,4,5 (AUTHOR), Meynard, Jean-Marc6 (AUTHOR)
Source: Agronomy for Sustainable Development (Springer Science & Business Media B.V.). Aug2024, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p1-17. 17p.
Subject Terms: *Cropping systems, *Agricultural scientists, *Farmers, Legume farming, Legumes
Geographic Terms: Burkina Faso
Abstract: The top-down approach, whereby scientists design "ready-to-use" packages to be adopted as they are by farmers, is being increasingly called into question. In reality, farmers often do not just adopt new systems that interest them, but adapt proposed systems to their own situation. Yet, these adaptations are seldom encouraged by agronomists and are even less so a focus of research. In this study, we designed and tested a new collective and individual learning-based approach to support farmers' adaptation of innovative cropping systems, and applied this approach to increasing legume cultivation in cropping systems in a region of Burkina Faso where legumes have been neglected in favor of cotton. The approach is based on a sequence of three steps. First, collective exchanges during "farmers' field days" were organized in each village around prototyping trials comparing different legume-based cropping system options proposed by agronomists. Second, farmers could choose the cropping system option that most interests them for implementation. Third, farmers progressively adapted this cropping system, in dedicated adaptation plots. Various degrees of adjustments and adaptations were observed between the options displayed in the prototyping trials and the adaptations made in the plots over a 2-year period. We classified these adaptations into five types of dynamics of change. We found that (i) farmers adapted the cropping system options differently depending on the flexibility as well as the farmer's knowledge of the system, and (ii) the adaptations made by farmers were influenced by the discussions (both peer-to-peers and with the agronomists) that took place during field days. We thus show that collective exchanges on prototyping trials could contribute to support farmers embarking on a trajectory of change through step-by-step design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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