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Scaling Up and Out
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Scaling Up and Out

Sieglinde Snapp, Sieglinde Snapp, K. L. Heong and K. L. Heong
Managing Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihoods, pp.67-87
Earthscan, 1
2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781849771894-4

Abstract

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Natural resource management (NRM) is necessarily situated within a landscape and human context. Engaging in participatory research and management with rural families requires an understanding of 'at what scale?', as well as 'who' and 'what'. In this chapter we discuss working across scales, and scaling up and out to reach a larger audience. The primary focus is researchers, farmers and change agents, working together in the southern hemisphere for more sustainable, productive agriculture. The chapter is grounded in case studies, where different approaches to scaling up and out are presented. This includes examples of learning together at a community level and synthesizing the knowledge gained to reach thousands of rural families with improved, integrated crop and soil management practices. Different means of sparking farmer innovation on a large scale are also explored.

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