?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Main-streaming+participatory+and+cross-disciplinary+approaches+in+animal+science+research+in+developing+countries&rft.creator=Aagaard-Hansen%2C+J.&rft.creator=Larsen%2C+C.E.+Schou&rft.creator=Halberg%2C+N.&rft.creator=Hjorts%C3%83%C2%B8%2C+C.N.&rft.creator=Gausset%2C+.+Q.&rft.creator=Kabirizi%2C+J.&rft.subject=+Social+aspects&rft.subject=+Animal+husbandry&rft.description=Conventional+research+approaches+have+lost+considerable+momentum+after+their+astonishing+achieve-ments+during+the+green+revolution.+The+negative+side+of+focusing+rigorously+on+production+improve-ment+was+eminent+around+1980+and+led+to+considerations+of+environmental%2C+gender+and+equity+aspects+-+making+agricultural+development+much+more+complex+than+previously.+In+the+search+for+new+ways+of+addressing+the+persisting+problems+of+food+insecurity+and+malnutrition%2C+new+ways+should+be+explored.+Based+on+the+experiences+from+three+international%2C+African+research+projects%2C+the+article+argues+the+case+of+participatory+action+research+and+cross-disciplinarity+as+some+of+the+key+elements+in+future+animal+science+research+in+developing+countries.+The+benefits+are+outlined+as+well+as+the+challenges+for+the+researchers+and+the+donor+agencies.+&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15516%2F1%2F15516.pdf&rft.identifier=Aagaard-Hansen%2C+J.%3B+Larsen%2C+C.E.+Schou%3B+Halberg%2C+N.%3B+Hjorts%C3%83%C2%B8%2C+C.N.%3B+Gausset%2C+.+Q.+and+Kabirizi%2C+J.+(2007)+Main-streaming+participatory+and+cross-disciplinary+approaches+in+animal+science+research+in+developing+countries.+African+Journal+of+Agricultural+Research%2C+2+(4)%2C+pp.+119-130.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F15516%2F