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    •  Introduction to Farming systems analysis File
    • Step1. What is a typology? Why and how to use it?

      • We have formed an understanding of the landscape and looked at its history. We are now going to try to establish a famer typology according to their strategy.
      • Vidéo :What is a typology? Nicole Sibelet explains and illustrates this point through her own experience in the field in different locations across the world.

      •  Nature and purposes of typology (7') File 67.7MB
        • What is a type?
        • How many types for a typology?
      •  From Nepal to Costa Rica, contextualised typologies (8'30) File 88.1MB
      • Vidéo :Typologies cannot be composed according to recipes, but require reflection. Nicole Sibelet gives an example.

      •  A typical case study (12'30) File 113.5MB
        • There is no "standard" typology
        • Typology: a typical case study
        • A few clarifications
        • Statistical tools and typology
      • Vidéo :Didier Pillot looks at the first results obtained to start forming a typology that represents the diversity of situations.

      •  Theory: from the research question to typology (27') File 243MB
        • The sources of agricultural diversification
        • The strategies and decisions of those involved
        • The limited rationality of those involved
        • The qualitative approach and the reasoning behind the composition of the sample
        • The landscape and history for pre-typology
        • The reasoning behind the sample
        • Preparing the interviews of those involved
        • Creating an interview guide
    • Step 2. Building a typology of farmers (Part 1): collecting information from interviews

      • We are going to undertake a qualitative survey: if you are not familiar with this practise, look at the lesson on “Qualitative survey methods applied to natural resource management” /Section 4.

      • Vidéo :

        Didier Pillot presents how to synthesise the information collected during the interviews.

      •  Presentation of the Synthetic fact sheet for a farm (14') File 145.7MB
        • Select the relevant information...
        • .. to deduce farmers' strategies

      • Exercise: Compose a synthetic fact sheet for a farm. Based on the interview with Emmanuel, synthesise the information collected into a synthetic fact sheet according to the model provided.

      •  Resource: farming system model File

        Download and complete this Farming System model with the following extracts of the interview of Emmanuel. 

      •  Interview of Emmanuel 1: semi-directive interview (14') File 202.7MB
      •  Interview of Emmanuel 2: in the attic, accounting (16') File 154.9MB
      •  Interview of Emmanuel 3: visit of the farm (5'30) File 78.5MB
      •  Interview of Emmanuel 4: at the lake and dinner (15') File 243MB
      •  Solution: synthetic sheet of Emmanuel's Farming System File
    • Step 3. Building a typology of farmers (Part 2): grouping farms or farmers by type

      • Once all of the synthetic fact sheets have been informed, you can start composing the typology.

      • Vidéo :Didier Pillot presents the method and the results for the construction of the N'Kosy farmer typology.

      •  Typology construction process and results produced by the students from N'Kosy (13') File 118.5MB
        • First cases define the first categories
        • How to classify the marginal farms
        • Refining the types: typology is an iterative process
      •  Didier’s synthesis (24'30) File 393.1MB
        • Typology process
        • Type 1: Preparing retirement farmers
        • A specific case
        • Type 2: Struggling for diversification farmers
        • Discriminating factors that come out of analysis
        • Type 3: Struggling for surviving farmers
        • Type 4: Extensive cattle breeders
        • Types 5 and 6: Businessmen farmers

      •  Final table: Farmers typology File 58.4KB
      • Exercise: Classifying a farmer according to type. You previously composed a fact sheet for Emmanuel. Where would you classify him in the typology presented by Didier Pillot?

      •  Solution: classification of Emmanuel Page
      • Reflection exercise (no solution): A questionable case. Watch the part of the interview, with this farmer, on farming practices. Then think about the following question: how should we treat this case in our study? (Should we ignore it? Develop it? Who can we question to find out more? etc.)

      •  A different kind of banana farmer? File 106.2MB
      • Bonus exercise: Classify the synthetic fact sheets provided according to Didier Pillot’s typology.

        • Resources: 5 synthetic farm sheets to be classifiedResources: 5 synthetic farm sheets to be classified
          • Farmer 1.pdfFarmer 1.pdf
          • Farmer 2.pdfFarmer 2.pdf
          • Farmer 3.pdfFarmer 3.pdf
          • Farmer 4.pdfFarmer 4.pdf
          • Farmer 5.pdfFarmer 5.pdf
      •  Solution: classification of the farms in the typology Page
      • Vidéo :Why is it useful to understand the different types of farming in an area? Didier Pillot provides a few illustrations.

      •  Practical application of the process for projects (7') File 71.2MB

logo KOYOKA projectThis course was developed within the framework of the KOYOKA project.

Logo Investissements d'avenirThis work was supported by the State's research agency under the "Investment in the Future" program, reference number ANR-10-LABX-001-01.

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Project coordinated by:

Didier PILLOT and Nicole SIBELET

Curriculum design and learning resources by:

Florence BIRUNGY KIAZZE, Paul KIBWIKA, Pierre LE RAY, Andreas de NEERGAARD, Didier PILLOT, Elisabeth RASSE-MERCAT, Nicole SIBELET.

Handmade by Atelier Multimedia, CIHEAM-IAMM of Montpellier:

Pierre ARRAGON, Eric BIDART, Olivier GUERIN, Roland LAFFOURCADE, Maïlys LUYE, Mark WAMAI.

In collaboration with:

Marion ALINA Jane ANYANGO, Sébastien BAINVILLE, Richard BATTE, Thilde BECH BRUUN, Isabel GUTIERREZ-MONTES, Agigail Salome INAPAT, James KISORO, Pierre-Yves LEGAL, Richard MIIRO, Denis MPAIRWE, Anne-Laure ROY, Dorothy SEBBOWA ; the farmers of N'Kosy, Nakasongola and Villeveyrac areas, ARI-AGTRAIN PhD students, and the staff of Makerere Université.

Translation:

Anita SAXENA DUMOND, Lionel FINTONI & Philip WATTERSON

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 Agropolis Fondation

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