Jacob van Etten|E.A. Beza|Lluís Calderer|Kees van Duijvendijk|Carlo Fadda|Basazen Fantahun Lakew|Yosef Gebrehawaryat|Jeske van de Gevel|Arnab Gupta|De?ene K. Mengistu|D. Kiambi|P. Mathur|Leida Mercado|Sarika Mittra|Margaret J. Mollel|Juan Carlos Rosas|Jonathan Steinke|José Gabriel Suchini|Karl S. Zimmerer
FIRST EXPERIENCES WITH A NOVEL FARMER CITIZEN SCIENCE APPROACH: CROWDSOURCING PARTICIPATORY VARIETY SELECTION THROUGH ON-FARM TRIADIC COMPARISONS OF TECHNOLOGIES (TRICOT)
Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie|Wageningen University & Research|Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie|Wageningen University & Research|Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute|Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies|World Agroforestry Centre|Mekelle University|African Conservation Centre|Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie|University of Wisconsin–Madison|Tanzania National Parks|Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School|Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie|Pennsylvania State University|Walker (United States)
summary rapid climatic socioeconomic changes challenge current agricultural rampampd capacity necessary quantum leap knowledge generation build innovation capacity farmers novel citizen science methodology triadic comparisons technologies tricot implemented pilot studies india east africa central america methodology involves distributing pool agricultural technologies different combinations three individual farmers observe technologies farm conditions compare performance since combinations three technologies overlap statistical methods piece together overall performance ranking complete pool technologies tricot approach affords wide scaling distribution trial packages instruction sessions relatively easy execute farmers need organized collaborative groups feedback easy collect even phone tricot approach provides interpretable meaningful results widely accepted farmers methodology underwent improvement data input formats number methodological issues remain integrating environmental analysis capturing genderspecific differences stimulating farmers motivation supporting implementation integrated digital platform future studies apply tricot approach wider range technologies quantify potential contribution climate adaptation embed approach appropriate institutions business models empowering participants democratizing science