FSRD

Project, follow-on to project 5380015, to develop in the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) a farming systems R&D program to meet the needs of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. CARDI, with assistance from a U.S. contractor and host country teams, will implement the project, which focuses on technology generation and transfer and CARDI institutional development. Building on potential identified in the Small Farm Multiple Cropping Systems Project, CARDI in-country teams, using a refined FSR methodology based on technology screening, on-farm testing and validation, and applicability testing on other farms, will generate at least 42 economically viable technological improvements in selected crops and livestock and their combinations. A Technological Improvement File will be developed to organize the steps of on-farm research. Country-specific research priorities are noted in the Project Paper, as are subsidiary research activities which CARDI will undertake during the project. CARDI will also work with public and private extension organizations, especially the Caribbean Agricultural Extension (CAEP) and participating Ministries of Agriculture (MO

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAN-213 (1983). The source's own text.