Adding a learning to a blueprint approach - or what a small amount of flexible money can do -

[摘要] Projectdesignandexecutionintheareaofruraldevelopment,andinagriculturegenerally,classicallyfollowthequot;blueprintquot;(top-down)approach.Thealternative,non-conventionalwayisbyquot;learningquot;(frombeloworquot;bottom-upquot;approach).AnexampleisgivenoftheresultsobtainedinBangladeshwhenthesetwoapproachesweretakensequentiallyinafreshwaterfishcultureproject.Thequot;learningquot;approachinvolvedtheuseofUniversitystudentstostudyandresearcharangeoftopicsrelatedtovillagefishcultureonwhichitwasconsideredtherewasinsufficientlocalknowledge.Theworkwasdoneinvillageswiththecollaborationofthelocalfarmersandlandlesslabourers.Theinformationthatwasgainedwasincorporatedintoguidebooksandhandoutsforuseinface-to-facediscussionswithsmallgroupsoffishfarmers.Thequot;learningquot;approachprovedtobeverysuccessful,measuredintermsoftheexpansion(byafactoroffour)offishfarmingintheprojectarea.Itisarguedthatdevelopmentcannotbeconsideredassimplytheneedfortransferoftechnology,onthebasisthatknowledgealreadyexistsonwhichsuchtechnologiescanbebuilt.Moreoften,thereverseisthecase,anditisthebuildupofknowledgethroughfarmer-participatoryresearchwhichleadstomorerapidprojectimplementationandgreaterimpact.

[学科分类] 农业科学（综合）