Collective Innovation, a Resource Book

ARD Resource Book for South Africa, by Richard Hawkins (main editor), in collaboration with invited members from the National ARD Task Team in South Africa. An ARC-LNR, ICRA, NUFFIC publication, October 2009.

Download each chapter separately below:

1 Overview - an introduction to ARD (pdf, 32K)

1.1	The challenges for agricultural research in South Africa
1.2	Outline of this resource book

2 Improving participation through partnerships (pdf, 146K)

2.1	Overview
2.2	Stakeholders, participation and partnerships
2.3	Forming and facilitating stakeholder partnerships
2.4	Teamwork
2.5	Conflict in teams and partnerships

3 Learning through collective action (pdf, 111K)

3.1	Overview
3.2	Learning theories
3.3	Organising an ARD Learning Programme
3.4	Case studies: the in-service ARD programmes of 2004-2007

4 Exploring complex rural livelihoods through systems thinking (pdf, 637K)

4.1	Overview	
4.2	Dimensions of development
4.3	Rural livelihoods
4.4	Systems and systems thinking
4.5	Exploring systems through diagrams

5 Using qualitative and quantitative methods (pdf, 133K)

5.1	Overview
5.2	ARD and the research process
5.3	Informal interviews
5.4	Ranking and scoring
5.5	Formal surveys

6 Analysing agricultural systems (pdf, 1375K) from ecological, economic and social perspectives

6.1	Overview
6.2	Analysing agro-ecosystems
6.3	Analysing economic opportunities
6.4	Analysing stakeholders

7 Integrating technology, policy and institutional change (pdf, 990K)

7.1	Overview
7.2	Scenario Planning
7.3	Integrating ARD with policy development
7.4	Land Reform Policy in South Africa
7.5	Organisational change
7.6	Formulating and financing an action plan
7.7	Monitoring, evaluation – and learning

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ICRA and ARD essentials:

ARD
ICRA Strategy
ARD Team Building
ARD Learning Resources
Current Partnerships

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Collective Innovation, a Resource Book

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