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))
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.
地点: Tarta / Barda / Agdam, Upper Karabach, 阿塞拜疆
启动日期: 2012
终止年份: 2013
方法的类型
| 该方法涉及哪些利益相关者/执行机构？ | 指定利益相关者 | 说明利益相关者的角色 |
| 当地土地使用者/当地社区 | 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. |
| 社区组织 | Community land users attended open days to gain information. | |
| SLM专家/农业顾问 | Seed dealers in this context | Provide agricultural extension services |
| NGO | Facilitate the approach | |
| 私营部门 | Seed dealers | Provide inputs and advice free of charge |
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.
决策是由......做出的
决策是基于
Specifically on cultivation techniques, inputs and irrigation.
Comparitive cost benefit analysis was undertaken between the demonstration plots and traditional varieties.
Research was carried out on-farm
new seeds
Training room and lunch
土地使用者的劳动力为
It improved their crop selection and had a slight impact on their technical capacity.
For 15 rural farmers that have cultivated demo plots.
It is too early to say, however this was a primary goal of the project.
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.
