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首页> 外文会议>ACIAR Proceedings no.115; Workshop on Tropical Legumes for Sustainable Farming Systems in Southern Africa and Australia; 20021007-09; Limpopo Province(ZA) >A Socioeconomic Evaluation of an ACIAR-funded Project on the Use of Forage Legumes in Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems on Smallholder Farms in Zimbabwe
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A Socioeconomic Evaluation of an ACIAR-funded Project on the Use of Forage Legumes in Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems on Smallholder Farms in Zimbabwe

机译：ACIAR资助的津巴布韦小农户农作物综合畜牧系统中使用牧草豆类项目的社会经济评价

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A fanner participatory research project was initiated in 1998 in the Wedza District of Zimbabwe to improve soil fertility and crop and livestock production on smallholder farms in Natural Region lib (750-900 mm annual rainfall). Based on legume technologies integrated into crop-livestock farming systems, the project ran for four years. By the end of the project there was widespread adoption of legumes in ley pastures, cereal-legume intercropping and livestock feeding systems. This rapid adoption resulted from the combination of good forage technologies, the better practices process and the participatory action research approach. The project had a large impact on the community, demonstrated by improved household incomes from the sale of milk, beef cattle and seed, and improved crop yields. Forage legumes fitted well into smallholder farmers' integrated crop-livestock systems, and Lablab purpureus and Mucuna pruriens were the most widely used legumes. Adoption was hampered by shortage of seed of the recommended varieties. We concluded that farmers should produce legume seed at a commercial scale to satisfy local and external markets. Farmers said that, for an even bigger impact, the project should help them to obtain crop inputs and better breeds of cattle. Farmers' comments at the end of the four years showed that the project still had a lot to accomplish. The ready adoption of the project results demonstrated that scientists should develop and run research programs in partnership or consultation with the end-users of the technology.
机译：1998年在津巴布韦的Wedza区发起了一个爱好者参与式研究项目，目的是改善自然地区lib（年降雨量750-900 mm）中小农户的土壤肥力以及作物和牲畜的生产。该项目基于豆类技术集成到农作物-畜牧业耕种系统中，历时四年。到项目结束时，在牧场上广泛使用豆类，谷物-豆类间作和牲畜饲养系统。这种快速采用是由于良好的饲草技术，更好的实践流程和参与式行动研究方法的结合。该项目对社区产生了巨大影响，其特点是出售牛奶，肉牛和种子的家庭收入增加，农作物单产提高。饲用豆类非常适合小农户的农作物－畜牧综合系统，而Lablab purpureus和Mucuna pruriens是使用最广泛的豆类。推荐品种的种子短缺，阻碍了收成。我们得出的结论是，农民应以商业规模生产豆类种子，以满足当地和外部市场的需求。农民说，为了产生更大的影响，该项目应帮助他们获得农作物投入和更好的牛种。四年结束时农民的评论表明，该项目仍有许多工作要做。该项目结果的及时采用表明，科学家应与该技术的最终用户合作或与之协商制定和运行研究计划。

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