Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "Apgar, J.M."
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A new professionalism for agricultural research for development
Douthwaite, B.; Apgar, J.M.; Schwarz, A.M.; Attwood, S.; Sellamuttu, S.S.; Clayton, T. (2017)Type: Journal ArticleThere have been repeated calls for a 'new professionalism' for carrying out agricultural research for development since the 1990s. At the centre of these calls is a recognition that for agricultural research to support the ... -
Addressing small scale fisheries management through Participatory Action Research (PAR), an experience from the Philippines
Tolentino, L.L.; Lando, L.A.D.; Garces, L.R.; Perez, M.L.; Binondo, C.B.; Apgar, J.M. (2015)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper is about the use of Participatory Action Research (PAR) and how it can influence change among stakeholders in small scale fisheries. It is made up of the following sections: an articulation of why the use of ... -
Can agricultural research and extension be used to challenge the processes of exclusion and marginalisation?
Rice, M.J.; Apgar, J.M.; Schwarz, A.M.; Saeni, E.; Teioli, H. (2018)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper examines if and how agricultural researchers and extension officers can see, understand and change processes that exclude some people and influence marginalisation. We used participatory action research (PAR) ... -
Getting beneath the surface in program planning, monitoring and evaluation: Learning from use of participatory action research and theory of change in the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems
Apgar, J.M.; Allen, W.; Albert, J.; Bouthwaite, B.; Paz-Ybarnegaray, R.; Lunda, J. (2016)Type: Journal ArticleMany rural poor and marginalized people strive to make a living in social-ecological systems that are characterized by multiple and often inequitable interactions across agents, scale and space. Uncertainty and inequality ... -
Identifying opportunities to improve governance of aquatic agricultural systems through participatory action research
Apgar, J.M.; Cohen, P.J.; Ratner, B.D.; de Silva, S.; Buisson, M.-C.; Longley, C.; Bastakoti, R.C.; Mapedza, E.; Philippa Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943 (2017)Type: Journal ArticleChallenges of governance often constitute critical obstacles to efforts to equitably improve livelihoods in social-ecological systems. Yet, just as often, these challenges go unspoken, or are viewed as fixed parts of the ... -
Research in development: Learning from the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems
Douthwaite, B.; Apgar, J.M.; Schwarz, A.; McDougall, C.; Attwood, S.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, S.; Clayton, T. (eds.) (2015)Type: Working PaperThis working paper aims to synthesize and share learning from the experience of adapting and operationalizing the Research in Development (RinD) approach to agricultural research in the five hubs under the The CGIAR Research ...




