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Co-designing innovative cropping systems that match biophysical and socio-economic diversity: The DATE approach to Conservation Agriculture in Madagascar, Lao PDR and Cambodia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2015

Olivier Husson ,
Hoá Tran Quoc ,
Stéphane Boulakia ,
André Chabanne ,
Florent Tivet ,
Serge Bouzinac ,
Pascal Lienhard ,
Roger Michellon ,
Stéphane Chabierski  and
Johnny Boyer
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Olivier Husson*
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. AFRICARICE CENTRE, BP 2031, 01 Cotonou, Benin.
Hoá Tran Quoc
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR GECO, Station de Neufchateau, Sainte Marie, 97130 Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe.
Stéphane Boulakia
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
André Chabanne
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Florent Tivet
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Serge Bouzinac
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Pascal Lienhard
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Roger Michellon
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Stéphane Chabierski
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Johnny Boyer
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Frank Enjalric
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. GSDM (Groupement Semis Direct de Madagascar), BP 6039 Ambanidia, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
Rakotondramanana
Affiliation:
GSDM (Groupement Semis Direct de Madagascar), BP 6039 Ambanidia, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
Narcisse Moussa
Affiliation:
GSDM (Groupement Semis Direct de Madagascar), BP 6039 Ambanidia, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar.
Frédéric Jullien
Affiliation:
CREA (Centre de Recherche et d'Expérimentation Agronomique), Bourail, New Caledonia.
Oumarou Balarabe
Affiliation:
IRAD-SODECOTON, Box 302, Garoua, Cameroun.
Bounmy Rattanatray
Affiliation:
Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office, Sayaboury, Sayaboury Province, Lao PDR.
Jean-Christophe Castella
Affiliation:
CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Avenue Agropolis, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le développement), Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Hubert Charpentier
Affiliation:
La Boisfarderie, Brives 36100, France.
Lucien Séguy
Affiliation:
AGROECORIZ, Angoisse 24270, France.
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*Corresponding author: olivier.husson@cirad.fr
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Abstract

Rapid changes in agricultural systems call for profound changes in agricultural research and extension practices. The Diagnosis, Design, Assessment, Training and Extension (DATE) approach was developed and applied to co-design Conservation Agriculture-based cropping systems in contrasted situations. DATE is a multi-scale, multi-stakeholder participatory approach that integrates scientific and local knowledge. It emerged in response to questions raised by and issues encountered in the design of innovative systems. A key feature of this approach is the high input of innovative systems which are often although not exclusively based on conservation agricultural practices. Prototyping of innovative cropping systems (ICSs) largely relies on a conceptual model of soil–plant–macrofauna–microorganism system functioning. By comparing the implementation of the DATE approach and conservation agriculture-based cropping systems in Madagascar, Lao PDR, and Cambodia, we show that: (i) the DATE approach is flexible enough to be adapted to local conditions; (ii) market conditions need to be taken into account in designing agricultural development scenarios; and (iii) the learning process during the transition to conservation agriculture requires time. The DATE approach not only enables the co-design of ICSs with farmers, but also incorporates training and extension dimensions. It feeds back practitioners’ questions to researchers, and provides a renewed and extended source of innovation to farmers.

Keywords

Co-designinnovationStep-by-step designlearning processparticipatory approachTropical conditionsDirect seeding mulch-based cropping systems (DMC)
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Research Papers
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Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , October 2016 , pp. 452 - 470
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