ICLARM Approaches that Focus Research on African Rural Poverty Total Farm Productivity Livelihoods Participatory Research Local Governance Institutional Arrangements
Total Farm Productivity RESTORE Monitoring & Evaluation Software Trade-Off Analysis (w/ASB)
Livelihoods Valuation & comparison of returns to natural, physical, financial, social & human capital from a range of fish production strategies. Focus on markets and profitability
Participatory Research Starts from where the farmer is now Can be used to improve any system at any intensity Builds human resource capacity within extension and research Longer term, incremental and evolutionary
Local Governance ACM strategies to empower communities. Resource valuation to motivate communities.
Institutional Arrangements Research-Extension Teams NARS Partnerships and Networks (INGA, NTAFP)