Living Knowledge: How Farmers Innovate Beyond the Laboratory

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sm%2D74%2Dliving%2Dknowledge%2Dhow%2Dfarmers%2Dinnovate%2Dbeyond%2Dlaboratory%2Dg%2Dv%2Ddorjc/

Full of examples and insights, Ramanjaneyulu G V shows clearly how farmers are constantly innovating and sharing their experiences, and distinguishes it from institutional innovation. This grassroots innovation is context-sensitive by design, low-cost, easy to adopt, and sees scaling only after due trial and error. Makes this so similar to how open-source works. Important to reflect for the CoRE stack as well, on how we can support this robust "open source" practice that's been operational since ever. What should we be building for the agriculture domain so that such practices are strengthened and supported?

Adi

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Aaditeshwar Seth
Microsoft Chair Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Delhi

Co-founder, Gram Vaani; Co-founder, CoRE Stack

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This is the first part of the series: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sm-73-living-traditions-how-farmers-keep-knowledge-alive-g-v-vro2c/

Living Traditions: How Farmers Keep Knowledge Alive Through Continuous Adaptation