Reflections from Farmer-Led Trials in India
This paper shares the experiences of participatory research of a government organisation, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in India, particularly farmer-led trials. The objective is to involve farmers in the decision making at all stages. Trials are farmer-designed and farmer -implemented with scientists acting as facilitators. Experiments are targeted towards complex diverse and risk-prone (CDR) villages. The paper notes that unique farmer innovations were recorded in groundnuts cultivation. The scientists had a lot to learn from the farmers.