Looking back to look forward

In 1987 a meeting of 50 social and natural scientists proved a defining moment in the development of farmer participation in agricultural research. In December 2007 the Future Agricultures Consortium in association STEPS and IDS hosted an international workshop, Farmer First Revisited, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the original event.

Many of the materials from the three-day workshop are available online, including academic papers, presentations and the wiki-timeline, which can be added to indefinately. We also documented the event in various ways, including video interviews with participants, podcasts of speeches and a blog. All the links, and media the coverage, are below.

Farmer First Revisted Links

• Farmer First website
• Farmer First Revisited blog
• Wiki-timeline
• Video: Interviews with participants (YouTube)
• Podcasts: Robert Chambers / Wale Adekunle / Final panel
• STEPS Agriculture research
• STEPS maize in climate change Kenya project
• Future Agricultures Consortium
• FFR photos on Flickr

Media coverage

• New Agriculturist: Points of view
• New Agriculturist: Farmer First Revisited Podcast
• New Agriculturist: FFR programme for African radio stations (fourth item)