Participation of smallholder househ

Participation of smallholder households in this type of system analysis is essential to harness their intimate knowledge of how the system currently functions (including inputs and outputs). Furthermore, local participation facilitates the uptake and extension of new technologies by ensuring that the most feasible solutions are found for problems that are of priority to local households (Horne and Stür, 2003 and Shelton et al., 2005).