Given steep slopes, high populationdensity and land shortage, accompanied byintensive cropping and high rainfall inten-sity, decline in soil fertility is very apparentin the African highlands. Three out of thefive principal problems listed by farmersare commonly relatedto soil fertility decline.The research team ofthe African HighlandsInitiative (AHI) incollaboration withCIAT and the Ethio-pian AgriculturalResearch Organization(EARO) employedseveral participatorytechniques in order to:(1) develop strategiesto address complexNRM issues and (2)foster a change from acommodity orientationto a more holistic andparticipatory approachin the research system. Farmers were in theforefront throughout the processes oftechnology development, technologydissemination and impact assessment
Publication year
2003
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
farming systems, resource management, small farms, watershed management
Geographic
Ethiopia, Uganda
