Expertise on PR and GA for agricultural research and development remains fragmented and spread thinly over projects and regions of the world. The PRGA Program and its networks provide a critical mass of specialized expertise that can be deployed across centers and projects. Program staff members have provided intellectual support to research being conducted by and with partners, including working with centers on impact studies, on training, and on testing and comparing methods. This section highlights some of that research.

Refereed journal articles

Braun A; Thiele G; Fernandez M. 2000. Farmer field schools and local agricultural research committees: Complementary platforms for integrated descision-making in sustainable agriculture. Agricultural Research & Extension Network (AgREN). Network paper No. 105.

Buruchara R; Sperling L; Ewell P; Kirkby R. 2002. The role of research institutions in seed-related disaster relief: Seeds of Hope experiences in Rwanda. Disasters 26(4). Special issue.

Gurung B. 2002. Addressing food scarcity in marginal mountain environments: a participatory seed management initiative with women and men in eastern Nepal. Mountain Res Dev 22(3):240-247.

Peters M; Lascano CE; Roothaert R; de Haan NC, 2003. Linking research on forage germplasm to farmers - The way to increased adoption. A CIAT, ILRI and IITA perspective. Field Crops Research 84(1-2): 179-188. Special issue: Approaches to improve the utilization of food-feed crops (Fernandez-Rivera S; Blummel M, ed.). http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0378429003001497

Roothaert R; Horne P; Stur W, 2003. Integrating forage technologies on smallholder farms in the upland tropics. Tropical Grasslands 37: 295-303.

Sperling L. 2002. Seeds of Hope in Rwanda - what have we learned? Geneflow p 24-25.

Sperling L. 2002. Emergency seed aid in Kenya: some case study insights on lessons learned during the 1990s. Disasters 26(4). Special issue.

Westermann O; Ashby JA; Pretty J, 2005. Gender and social capital: The importance of gender differences for the maturity and effectiveness of natural resource management groups. World Development 33(11): 1783-1799.

Book chapters and books

Sperling L; Ashby J; Weltzien E; and Smith M, 2001. Base Broadening for client-oriented impact: fundamental concepts for widening the plant genetic base together with farming communities. In: D. Cooper, C. Spillane, T. Hodgkin (eds.) Broadening the genetic base of crop production. CABI, Wallingford, UK, pp. 419 - 435.

Sperling L; Lancon J; Loosvelt M, 2004. Participatory plant breeding and participatory plant genetic resource enhancement. An Africa-wide exchange of experiences / Sélection participative et gestion participative des ressources génétiques en Afrique ëchange d´expériences. Proceedings of a workshop held at M'bé, Côte d'Ivoire, 2001. CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA Program), Cali, Colombia. 425 p.

Workshop and conference papers, presentations and posters

Delve J; Roothaert R. How can smallholder farmer-market linkages enhance improved technology options and natural resource management strategies? Paper presented at NARO conference, September 2004, Kampala, Uganda.

Roothaert R. Forage utilisation in smallholder systems - African and S.E. Asian perspectives. Paper presented at a Workshop on strategies for ensuring clean germplasm for distribution and use, October 3, 2005, ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Roothaert R, 2004. Forage adoption and scaling out. Poster presented at the technology exposition: "Transforming Subsistence Agriculture into Market Orientation," 28-29 July 2004, Ministry of Agriculture, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Roothaert R; Binh L; Magboo E; Yen V; Saguinhon J, 2005. Participatory forage technology development in Southeast Asia. In: Yimegnuhal A; Degefa T (ed.) Participatory Innovation and Research: Lessons for Livestock Development. Proceedings of the 12th Annual conference of the Ethiopian Society of Animal Production (ESAP) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 12-14, 2004, vol. 1: Plenary Session. Ethiopian Society of Animal Production, Addis Ababa. Pp. 21-30.

Sperling. L. (Ed). 2000. Targeted Seed Aid and Seed-System Interventions: Strengthening Small-Farmer Seed Systems in East and Central Africa. Kampala, Uganda, 21-24 June 2000. CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA Program), Cali, Colombia. 104p.

Working documents

CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA Program). 1999. Guidelines for developing participatory plant breeding programs. Working Document No. 1. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, Colombia. 51 p

Gabriel J; Herbas J; Salazar M; Ruiz J; López J; Villarroel J; Cossio D, 2004. Participatory plant breeding: A new challenge in the generation and appropriation of potato varieties by farmers in Bolivia. Working Document No. 22. PRGA Program, Cali, Colombia. 22p.

Hernández L.; Saad N. 2004. Critical analysis of a participatory procedure applied to cassava breeding. Working Document No. 18. PRGA Program, Cali, Colombia. 15 p.

Johnson N.; Lilja N.; Ashby J. 2000. Using participatory research and gender analysis in natural resources management. Working Document No. 10. PRGA Program, Cali, Colombia. 28 p

Van de Fliert, E.; Braun, A. 2001. Conceptualizing integrative, farmer participatory research for sustainable agriculture: From opportunities to impact. Forthcoming in agriculture and human values. Working Document No. 16. PRGA Program, Cali, Colombia. 15 p.

Other publications

Ceccarelli S, 2005. Participatory plant breeding: A fast track to variety development. Plant Breeding News 156 (2 May 2005): 1.09. (An Electronic Newsletter of Applied Plant Breeding.)