RPE PLaW

The paper documents experiences of Lushoto farmers' innovations on introduced technologies. It discusses methodology, farmer innovations so far, the benefits that farmers think they are gaining, mechanisms for sharing innovations, and the issues that arise and possible impact on the scaling out process from farm level to watershed level. Farmers seemed to innovate on introduced technologies to adapt and fit them into their farming systems, financial status, age and social circumstances, and whether they need collective action to implement innovations. However, the challenge remains: will the modified technologies spill over to more farmers