International Development Studies
Date
2014-06-13
Authors
Cunningham, Shannon
Bergen, Anne
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Sally Humphries, through research, programs and cooperation, helps poor hillside farmers in Honduras to improve their main crops of maize and beans. Lauren Classen worked in the community with poor hillside farmers and the Honduran NGO to assess the impact of the farmer participatory research program.
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Sally Humphries is an Associate Professor in International Development Studies. In 1993, she collaborated with a Honduran agronomist, Jose Jimenez, to create a farmer participatory research program in Honduras. The program trains poor hillside farmers to become researchers. Since its inception, the program has trained thousands of local farmers – men, women and youth - to improve their maize and beans, the principle subsistence crops in Honduras. The program is managed by a Honduran NGO, led by Jose Jimenez and Sally Humphries. For more information about Sally Humphries’ research, please go to her website at http://www.ids.uoguelph.ca/ids-faculty/sally-humphries
Lauren Classen has recently obtained a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Toronto. She completed her Master’s degree under the supervision of Sally Humphries (Associate Professor in International Development Studies at the University of Guelph). During her Master’s, she worked in the community with poor hillside farmers and the Honduran NGO to assess the impact of the farmer participatory research program. For more information about the research conducted by Lauren Classen in Honduras, please contact Sally Humphries through her website: http://www.ids.uoguelph.ca/ids-faculty/sally-humphries
Keywords
IDS, research, hillside farmers, Honduras