Innovative rice-potato production for smallholder farmers
OBJECTIVES
Innovative approaches for sustainable rice-potato-cultivation systems are established at smallholder level.
DESCRIPTION
This applied research project promotes the use of an innovative potato production in rice-potato systems (“potato production through zero-tillage and rice straw mulching (PZTM”) through participatory and gender-sensitive trainings in India and Bangladesh. Agronomic, climate-relevant and gender-disaggregated socioeconomic impacts will be evaluated against a rigorous sampling design based on field trials and household surveys. Gender-sensitive recommendations for the promotion of PZTM will be made available to relevant national and regional stakeholders in policy, research, and advisory in order to build ground for further up-scaling.
APPROACH/FIELD OF INTERVENTION
- Smallholder farmers are qualified in PZTM
- Evidence-based recommendation are available and disseminated
- The advisory capacities for the scaling of PZTM are strengthened
TARGETED BENEFICIARIES
Smallholder farmers (women and men), women self-help groups, national research institutions and extension services
HIGHLIGHT ACTIVITIES
- Conducting gender-sensitive trainings on PZTM based on participatory and digital tools
- Conducting field trials / establishing demonstration plots (smallholders farmers’ fields / mechanized potato production)
- Qualification of women self-help groups to act as multipliers of PZTM
- Analysis of agronomic, climate-relevant, and gender disaggregated socio-economic effects of PZTM
- Distilling of gender-sensitive recommendations for the use of PZTM and disseminated in social media and events
- Revising training material and adaptation to regional context
- Organizing workshops and events with representatives of advisory services and political institutions
PROJECTS
COUNTRY
India , Bangladesh
DURATION
Oct 2021 - Dec 2024
Commission Agency
BMZ
SDG
