Farmer nurseries as a catalyst for developing sustainable land use systems in southern Africa. Part B: Support systems, early impact and policy issues

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dc.contributor.authorBöhringer, A.en
dc.contributor.authorAyuk, E.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialShinyanga Regionen
dc.coverage.spatialTanzaniaen
dc.coverage.spatialEastern Provinceen
dc.coverage.spatialZambiaen
dc.coverage.spatialSouthern Regionen
dc.coverage.spatialMalawien
dc.coverage.temporal1998 - 2000en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:08:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:08:23Zen
dc.date.issued2003en
dc.description.abstractSupport to farmer nurseries is classified as either "hard" referring to material inputs (tree seed, water, inoculum, tools and fencing) or "soft" (information, training and backstopping advice). Against a background of poor services for smallholder farmers in southern Africa, it was hypothesized that a number of support agents operating at the grass root level together with farmers themselves provide the different support functions needed in farmer nurseries. A study was conducted to evaluate the role of support systems in farmer nurseries in Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania. Furthermore, the early tree planting impact of farmer nurseries was assessed in Malawi. Support for hard inputs came largely from single service providers, with significant and increasing contributions coming from farmers themselves. Soft inputs came from a larger diversity of providers with collaborative effort gaining importance. There is an urgent need to facilitate grassroot level support systems with larger participation from the private sector for tree seed and from the national extension services for provision of training and backstopping advice. It was noted that individual nurseries achieved larger transplanting impact, but this did not translate into higher impact at the landscape level, because group nurseries were the predominant type. Strengthening the human capital of farmers and service providers emerged as critical in increasing impact. Farmer nurseries are shown to play a number of important and interrelated functions in building natural, human and social capital. Monitoring and evaluating farmer nurseries in catalyzing these three functions should therefore receive proper attention in assessing the impact of sustainable land use systems. Policies need to be articulated to address some of the major constraints identified.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier423en
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural Systems 77(3): 203-217en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00186-5en
dc.identifier.issn0308-521Xen
dc.identifier.other423_Farmer_nurseries_as_a_catalyst_for_develo.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65488en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Science B.V.en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2003 by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEcosystem managementen
dc.subjectHumid zonesen
dc.subjectSemiarid zonesen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.subjectGermplasmen
dc.subjectForest managementen
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectEnterprise developmenten
dc.subjectNon-wood forest productsen
dc.subjectSmall-scale farmingen
dc.subjectForest ecosystemsen
dc.subjectSustainable forestryen
dc.subjectAgroforestryen
dc.subjectForestryen
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectFarming systemsen
dc.subjectNatural capitalen
dc.subjectHuman capitalen
dc.subjectSocial capitalen
dc.subjectTree germplasmen
dc.subjectFarmer nurseriesen
dc.subjectSustainable land useen
dc.subjectSmallholder farmersen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scale Governance Watersheden
dc.titleFarmer nurseries as a catalyst for developing sustainable land use systems in southern Africa. Part B: Support systems, early impact and policy issuesen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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