Open Field day where local farmers come and inspect the demonstration plot and talk to the farmer and the seed dealer. (S. Stevenson (Oxfam, Azerbaijan))

Introduction of new seed varieties through demonstration plots with seed dealers (أذربيجان)

الوصف

To facilitate information on new seed varieties.

Aims / objectives: To build trust between the seed dealers and the farmers.
To introduce new seed varieties to rural farmers that are appropriate to the growing conditions of the region. These varieties have added benefits like taste, quality, disease resistance and longer storage capacity over local traditional varieties.

Methods: The programme uses a facilitation approach to bring stakeholders together and explain the mutual benefits of working together to improve the vegetable seed value chain in the region.

Stages of implementation: 1. Discuss with the seed dealers the idea of marketing their new imported seed varieties in the community using demonstration plots.
2. Help the seed dealer to identify capable and willing community based farmers to cultivate the demonstration plots.
3. Help facilitate the contractual arrangement between the stakeholders, in this case the seed dealer provides free seed and agricultural inputs, whilst the farmer cultivates the crop with advice from the seed dealer.
4. Just before the harvest an Open Field Day is held by the farmer and seed dealer for local rural farmers to visit the site and ask questions about the crop.

Role of stakeholders: Programme Staff: To facilitate the process and linkages between stakeholders.
Seed Dealers: to provide seed, inputs and information to the land user on cultivation methods.
Farmer: To cultivate the crop to the best of their ability and provide information to local farmers.

Other important information: In this context the seed dealer also is key player in the vegetable seed value chain for providing agricultural extension services to rural farmer, however, there are issues of trust between farmers and seed dealers due to the lack of control of quality of imported seed (90% of market), lack of information in the local language, and sold after the expired date.

الموقع

الموقع: Tarta / Barda / Agdam, Upper Karabach, أذربيجان

المرجع الجغرافي للمواقع المختارة
  • 46.93072, 40.3215

تاريخ البدء: 2012

سنة الإنهاء: 2013

نوع النهج
Open Field day where local farmers come and inspect the demonstration plot and talk to the farmer and the seed dealer. (S. Stevenson (Oxfam, Azerbaijan))
0.1ha Onion demonstration plot with a sign giving the details of the variety, seed dealer, and farmer. (S. Stevenson (Oxfam Azerbaijan))

غايات النهج والبيئة المواتية

الغايات/الأهداف الرئيسية للنهج
The Approach focused mainly on other activities than SLM (Intensification and improved yields)

The main aim was to introduce more effective and high yielding varieties of traditional crops to the small rural farmers of central Azerbaijan, and consequently improve their livelihood status.

The SLM Approach addressed the following problems: There are several key problems, including low productivity, lack of agricultural knowledge, funds for investment, large rural poverty and lack of stimulus in the agricultural sector.
الشروط التي تمكن من تنفيذ التقنية/التقنيات المطبقة في إطار النهج
  • الإطار القانوني (حيازة الأراضي، وحقوق استخدام الأراضي والمياه): Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Azerbaijan have very limited access to land. Many of the them live in the region of implementation of the approach. It remains to be seen if the choice of variety will help these people improve their agricultural output.
الظروف التي تعيق تنفيذ التقنية/التقنيات المطبقة في إطار النهج
  • المعايير والقيم الاجتماعية /الثقافية/ الدينية: There is an over dependence on traditional varieties of vegetable seeds and a lack of trust in the vegetable seed value chain. Treatment through the SLM Approach: To build the trust between the seed dealer and the farmers through an evidence based process and consequently introduce better suited and higher yielding varieties.
  • توفر/الوصول إلى الموارد والخدمات المالية: Traditional varieties tend to be the cheapest on the market due to the volume. Seed dealers provide rural farmers with credit until harvest time but often fail to recouperate the loans due to poor yields. Treatment through the SLM Approach: Seed dealers have increased confidence in the profit potential of new brands due to higher yields and are more likely to provide credit to farmers until harvest time.
  • الإطار المؤسساتي: The seed authority has a legal responsibility to inspect and certify seeds. At best this is a limited practice and does nothing to prevent the import of adulterated seed into the country. Treatment through the SLM Approach:
  • عبء العمل، توفر القوى العاملة: Many of the traditional varieties require high levels of input for cultivation to maintain yields, albeit low, and prevent disease. Treatment through the SLM Approach: New varieties have a higher degree of disease resistance and require less agricultural inputs.

مشاركة وأدوار الأطراف المعنية

الأطراف المعنية بالنهج وأدوارها
ما هي الجهات المعنية / الكيانات المنفذة التي شاركت في النهج؟ حدد الأطراف المعنيين وصف أدوار الأطراف المعنية
مستخدمو الأراضي المحليون/المجتمعات المحلية The land users were predominantly men i.e. 15 /18, however, there was reasonable representation by women at the field days. (The three demonstration plots tended by women land users were not as successful due to their limited technical capacity) Also disadvantaged groups are involved. (It improved the profit margins of rural land users by increasing yield, quality and storage capacity of crops. In some cases there was a 50% increase in profits in tomato, onion, aubergine and sweet pepper). Land user provides land and labour resources for cultivation.
المنظمات المجتمعية Community land users attended open days to gain information.
متخصصون في الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي / مستشارون زراعيون Seed dealers in this context Provide agricultural extension services
منظمة غير حكومية Facilitate the approach
القطاع الخاص Seed dealers Provide inputs and advice free of charge
انخراط مستخدمي الأراضي المحليين/المجتمعات المحلية في المراحل المختلفة للنهج
غير موجود
سلبي
الدعم الخارجي
تفاعلي
التعبئة الذاتية
المبادرة/التحفيز
x
التخطيط
x
the land users decide with the seed dealers on the crop to be planted
التنفيذ
x
The land user is entirley responsible for the cultivation and harvest activities.
الرصد/التقييم
x
The land user is responsible to report back the success of the project to the seed dealer and the local community.
Research
x
مخطط التدفق

The programme's role (i.e. Oxfam's) was to act as a facilitator in the process and not to provide tangible assets for the seed dealer or the farmers. It is beased up the Market for the Poor approach developed by Springfield Consultancy, UK.

المؤلف: S. Stevenson (Oxfam Azerbaijan)
اتخاذ القرار بشأن اختيار تقنية الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي

وقد تم اتخاذ القرارات من قبل

  • مستخدمو الأراضي وحدهم (المبادرة الذاتية)
  • مستخدمو الأراضي بشكل أساسي، بدعم من متخصصي الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي
  • جميع الجهات الفاعلة ذات الصلة، كجزء من نهج تشاركي
  • متخصصون في الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي بشكل أساسي، بعد التشاور مع مستخدمي الأراضي
  • متخصصون في الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي بمفردهم
  • السياسيون / القادة

تم اتخاذ القرارات بناء على

  • تقييم المعرفة الموثقة جيدًا بشأن الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي(اتخاذ القرارات القائمة على الأدلة)
  • نتائج البحوث
  • خبرة وآراء شخصية(غير موثقة)

الدعم الفني وبناء القدرات وإدارة المعرفة

شكلت الأنشطة أو الخدمات التالية جزءًا من النهج
بناء القدرات/التدريب
تم تقديم التدريب للأطراف المعنية التالية
  • مستخدمو الأراضي
  • موظفون ميدانيون/ مستشارون
  • community famers gain some information on the open field days.
شكل التدريب
  • في العمل
  • من مزارع إلى مزارع
  • مناطق العرض
  • اجتماعات عامة
  • دورات
المواضيع المغطاة

Specifically on cultivation techniques, inputs and irrigation.

خدمة استشارية
تم تقديم الخدمة الاستشارية
  • في حقول مستخدمي الأراضي
  • في مراكز دائمة
Name of method used for advisory service: Seed Dealers; Key elements: Seed variety, Cultivation, Agricultural Inputs; This is cursory support.

Advisory service is inadequate to ensure the continuation of land conservation activities; This is an informal arrangement whereby the seed dealers act as agricultural extension services, this is not their primary purpose and will only continue to do it as part of a customer service remit.
الرصد والتقييم
Bio-physical aspects were regular monitored by project staff through observations; indicators: Output from demo plots was calculated Bio-physical aspects were regular monitored by project staff through measurements; indicators: Quality of the cultivation was observed by project staff. Technical aspects were regular monitored by project staff through observations; indicators: Number of land users attending demonstration days was recorded Technical aspects were None monitored by project staff through measurements There were no changes in the Approach as a result of monitoring and evaluation There were no changes in the Technology as a result of monitoring and evaluation
البحوث
تناول البحث المواضيع التالية
  • علم الاجتماع
  • الاقتصاد / التسويق
  • علم الايكولوجيا
  • تكنولوجيا

Comparitive cost benefit analysis was undertaken between the demonstration plots and traditional varieties.

Research was carried out on-farm

التمويل والدعم المادي الخارجي

الميزانية السنوية بالدولار الأمريكي لمكون الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي
  • < 2000
  • ‏ 10,0000-2,000
  • 100,000-10,000
  • 1,000000-100،000
  • > 1,000,000
Precise annual budget: غير متاح
Approach costs were met by the following donors: international non-government (facilitation, including the arrangement of the open field days): 65.0%; private sector (seeds and input materials): 5.0%; local community / land user(s) (labour and agricultural machinery): 30.0%
تم تقديم الخدمات أو الحوافز التالية لمستخدمي الأراضي
  • الدعم المالي/المادي المقدم لمستخدمي الأراضي
  • إعانات لمدخلات محددة
  • الائتمان
  • حوافز أو وسائل أخرى
الدعم المالي/المادي المقدم لمستخدمي الأراضي
30% of the approach was paid by the private sector (i.e. seed dealers and farmers)
ممول جزئيا
ممول بالكامل
معدات: الآلات

x
labour

x
زراعة: بذور

new seeds

x
Open field day

Training room and lunch

x

العمل من قبل مستخدمي الأراضي كان

تحليل الأثر والتصريحات الختامية

آثار النهج
لا
نعم، قليلا
نعم، باعتدال
نعم، إلى حد كبير
هل ساعد النهج مستخدمي الأراضي على تنفيذ وصيانة تقنيات الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي؟

It improved their crop selection and had a slight impact on their technical capacity.

x
هل ساهم النهج في تمكين الفئات المحرومة اجتماعيا واقتصاديا؟

For 15 rural farmers that have cultivated demo plots.

x
Did other land users / projects adopt the Approach?

It is too early to say, however this was a primary goal of the project.

x
المحفز الرئيسي لقيام مستخدمي الأراضي بتنفيذ الإدارة المستدامة للأراضي
استدامة أنشطة النهج
هل يمكن لمستخدمي الأراضي الحفاظ على استدامة ما تم تنفيذه من خلال النهج (بدون دعم خارجي)؟

Oxfam will continue to facilitate the demonstration plots for another season, and whereby this arrangement will then have to be self sustained. The issue is whether the seed dealer will continue with the open fields days or rely on the famer to spread the information with regards to the crop.

الاستنتاجات والدروس المستفادة

نقاط القوة: وجهة نظر مستخدم الأرض
  • It was successful as profit from the land has been improved, and new varieties have been introduced. (How to sustain/ enhance this strength: Try more varieties to see how they grow.)
نقاط القوة: وجهة نظر جامع المعلومات أو غيره من الأشخاص الرئيسيين لمصدر المعلومات
  • The approach was easy to implement once the stakeholders understood the idea behind it. (How to sustain/ enhance this strength: The famers could develop into sub dealers for the farmers.)
نقاط الضعف / المساوىء / المخاطر: وجهة نظر مستخدم الأرضكيفية التغلب عليها
  • Availability of the seed variety in the next season is not sure. Provide positive feedback to the seed dealers that there is a demand for their product.
نقاط الضعف / المساوىء / المخاطر: وجهة نظر جامع المعلومات أو غيره من الأشخاص الرئيسيين لمصدر المعلوماتكيفية التغلب عليها
  • It is fully dependent upon the seed dealer participating.There are also issues to ensure that the new seed variety will continue to be imported into the country and that it remains financially competitive. An advocacy event is planned to encourage importers to further develop links with the importers. Seed dealers were invited to a coordination meeting to discuss their experiences and share success stories.

المراجع

جامع المعلومات
  • shane stevenson
المحررون
المُراجع
  • David Streiff
تاريخ التوثيق: 6 سبتمبر، 2013
اخر تحديث: 2 أغسطس، 2017
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