marketing systems in African agriculture and to test the Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) and its … and women seemed to share the trading space in the country equally. It was also observed that the IAR4D approach may be …

, IAR4D faces the danger of being ‘blurred’ by past approaches and falling short of its potential to deliver the desired … Learning Site (LKPLS). The presentation covers the formation and facilitation of IPs for the actualisation of IAR4D to evolve … interactions, training in IAR4D, quality of facilitation and research to be key determinants of the power behind of self …

we discuss the role of Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) in by-law enactment, implementation and … compliance in southwestern Uganda, and the potential benefits of the IAR4D approach for the development of local … in the innovation platform (IP) villages. With the multi-stakeholder participation of the IAR4D approach in the IPs …

drivers of efficiency among potato farmers, chosen purposively within IAR4D project sites in southwestern Uganda. For … education have complementary and synergistic effects on IAR4D development outcomes in Uganda. …

however, FARA came up with a new research paradigm known as the IAR4D (which has now been tested to be a potent instrument to … the IAR4D on marketed crop outcomes, making use of the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method of imapct Assessment. The … PSM in this study makes use of the counterfactual framework via the IAR4D’s Innovation Platforms. Average marketed values …

The Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (IAR4D) is the approach suggested by the Forum for Agricultural … of African Agricultural Research and Development’s (ARD) failure to achieve impact on the farmer’s field. The IAR4D … at least two years prior to the commencement of the IAR4D. Using propensity score (PSM) and double-difference methods …

collective marketing, value addition and processing of banana and Irish potatoes, are used to demonstrate the IAR4D approach. The …% compared to the period before IAR4D interventions. The shelf life of the products was also increased drastically. Market …

-Saharan Africa (SSA). Recently, a new research approach – integrated agricultural research for development (IAR4D) was introduced … in SSA. The IAR4D approach goes beyond the conventional research focus on agricultural production technologies, as it … includes marketing and development activities. This paper analyses the impact of IAR4D in the East and Central African region …