PIONEERING THE USE OF EMBEDDED RESEARCH TRANSLATION (ERT) METHODOLOGY FOR POTENTIAL INCREASED INCOME AND LIVELIHOODS OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS

Robert Kajobe ^1* Experito Muyanja Kabuga ¹ Ratib Dricile ¹ Victor Wadri ¹ Richard Malingumu ¹ Peninah Yumbya ²

• ¹ Muni University, Arua, Uganda
• ² International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED), Greater Accra, Ghana

This manuscript proposes a simple participatory approach by operationalizing the Embedded Research Translation (ERT), developed by LASER PULSE, and demonstrates its application among smallholder vegetable farming communities in the West Nile sub-region of Uganda. The Embedded Research Technology provides a simple framework for technology co-development. In this study we operationalize its usability by suggesting practical step-by step procedures for its implementation in multi-enterprise projects that need collaborative agenda setting and technology co-production. The suggested procedures can contribute to co-development of technologies for mitigation of pre-and post-harvest losses in vegetables. According to the assessment by the Directorate of Graduate Training, Research and Innovation of Muni University, this study was collaborative between researchers and farmers with no intrusive information and potentially harmful interventions. Therefore, ethical approval was not mandatory. A le