1. Risk is something we must consider in our work with farmers
“Why don’t people do what we suggest?”
“Why don’t they change more quickly?”
“Why do they continue to do things which don’t make sense? (to us)”
Source : S. Cook, CIAT

2. Risk is…
The likelihood of doing the wrong thing or not doing the right thing
Benefit
No benefit
Change
Win
Type II error
No change
Type I error
Don’t lose ? ?
Source : S. Cook, CIAT

3. Some risks may be:
better understood by farmers (such as impacts of a new technology on their labour)
better understood by researchers (such as long term risks to do with climate or erosion)

4. So…. Some changes are needed to reduce risk
Other changes increase risk
Working together in evaluating new technologies will help researchers and farmers to understand which changes reduce risk
Source : S. Cook, CIAT

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Sources: Cook, Horne