ICARDA's KS Pilot project held its Farmers' Conference between 4th and 8th May 2008.

• See article in "The Week at ICARDA" newsletter
• See discussion on the KS blog

• Website to store and make available all the activities and stories told at the Conference
• Documentation of the Farmers' Conference
• Follow-up evaluation of the Farmers' Conference
  
• Communication of the event
1. Article in ICT-KM newsletter
2. Article in PRGA newsletter
   

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As part of the monitoring and evaluation of the ICARDA Farmers' Conference Pilot Project interviews were carried out with a variety of actors involvedd in the knowledge sharing activities of this Pilot Project. The interviews were conducted during the monitoring and evaluation visit by the KSinR Project Leader to the ICARDA Pilot Project. Interviews have been documented and shared via a number of blog posts as well as 'Interview Sheets' that have been developed. 

Blog posts include (feel free to visit them and comment):

• ICARDA KSinR Project uses mobile phones for knowledge sharing (July 15<sup>th</sup> 2008)
• Reviewing, evaluating and learning from the Farmers’ Conference-with the Pilot team (June 13<sup>th</sup> 2008)
• The Farmers’ Conference: a researcher’s perspective (June 12<sup>th</sup> 2008)
• Learning more about Farmers’ Conference from farmers in Sweida (June 12<sup>th</sup> 2008)
• Thoughts on the Farmers’ Conference: from interview with Ruqeia (June 11<sup>th</sup> 2008)
• Visit to ICARDA KSinR Pilot project-follow-up to Farmers’ Conference (June 11<sup>th</sup> 2008)

Interview Sheets include documentation of:

• Interview with Ruqeia: a farmers' perspective
• Interview with farmers from Sweida: farmers' perspective
• Interview with Maatougui Mohammed: a researcher's perspective
• Interview with ICARDA Pilot Project team: the implementors' perspective