Скачать или смотреть Erika Styger - Making Research and Extension work for Rice Farmers in West Africa

Erika Styger presents her continuing work on scaling-up the agro-ecological methodology--the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)--in West Africa. This journey began with one farmer in Mali 12 years ago, and had grown to 50,000 farmers in 13 countries of West Africa by 2016. Styger and her collaborators plan to reach least 1.5 million farmers in the West Africa region in the medium-term future. She will describe how the process unfolded, discuss approaches that have proven successful for scaling-up, and reflect on the challenges to implement such an ambitious program.

Styger is the associate director of the Climate-Resilient Farming Systems Program at IP-CALS. She has 30 years of experience in the design, implementation and adaptation of agro-ecological approaches and practices in various ecozones across Africa, with focus on agroforestry, combating land degradation, agro-biodiversity conservation, and increasing agriculture productivity through integrated crop and soil management approaches. For the past 12 years, she has been working at the global level, with focus on West Africa, on the technical development and scaling-up of the System of Rice Intensification or SRI, a climate-resilient rice production method.