In 2013, the Collaborative Crop Research Program (McKnight Foundation), initiated support for farmer research networks (FRNs). FRNs were envisaged as a general approach to networked participatory aimed at supporting agroecological intensification (AEI) of smallholder farming in ten countries Africa and Andes region South America. The 30 ranged size from 15 more than 2,000 farmers. Rather imposi...