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Participatory Action Research in Malawi. Increasing Capacity for Problem-Solving and Community Engagement in Agro-Ecosystem Services. Forty-three participants from the two Malawian partner universities, local NGOs, private industry, and the government sector attended a five-day short on Participatory Action Research in Malawi. The short course introduced new methods of learning and critical thinking. One participant stated, “I have a natural scientist’s background but the problems faced by communities are both social and concerning natural science, so I will utilize the skills and information acquired to fill the gaps which exist between natural and social scientists.” Another noted the importance of community participation, “PAR is a tool that helps the exchange of ideas and knowledge in recognition that both researchers and farmers have something to learn from each other”. The partners integrated their core principles of holistic, inter-disciplinary, and problem-solving teaching methods to encourage creativity and practicality in addressing development challenges.
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Participatory Action Research in Malawi. Increasing Capacity for Problem-Solving and Community Engagement in Agro-Ecosystem Services A group of researchers from several sectors in Malawi stand in a field listening intently and asking questions as a Xxxxxxxx xxxxxx describes his intercropping techniques and the research he has conducted in conjunction with university researchers and extension agents to test different farming approaches. This was part of a capacity-building short course offered at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) in January 2014 on Participatory Action Research. The course was part of a larger USAID capacity-building project called “Agro-Ecosystem Services: Linking Science to Action in the region” being implemented by a partnership amongst LUANAR, University of Malawi-Chancellor College, Michigan State University, and Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. Participatory Action Research (PAR), also known as participatory research and extension, is one of the farmer-led approaches that enables researchers, community members (in this case farmers), and development practitioners to work together. The idea behind PAR is that if farmers participate in research, a clearer understanding of plants, plots, fields, landscapes, people, families, communities, organizations, etc. and their interactions will emerge. This approach has the potential to improve testing, adaptation, and adoption of innovative agricultural practices that are suitable to local contexts. It is aimed at promoting farmer ownership and farmer-to-farmer diffusion of innovations. Forty-three participants from the two Malawian partner universities, local NGOs, private industry, and the government sector attended this five-day short course taught by experts from the four implementing partner universities. Participants learned how PAR works and how to implement it. The course gave them hands-on experience in PAR, examining its strengths and weaknesses. The interactive approach included field experiences and group research that made a big impression with the participants. One participant noted that the course was especially useful for “…understanding PAR because I have just been reading about it in the literature without real hands-on experience with it.” Another noted that he would most definitely use the skills taught in the course in his work: “I am writing a proposal and I think I shall use this methodology.” Participants found especially exciting and interesting the merging of social and natural ...
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