This forum paper provides a synthesis and discussion of 14 categories of lessons learned from experiences for achieving farm‐level impact with smallholder farmers in Africa. These lessons were reported in a symposium hosted by the Agronomy in Africa community of the American Society of Agronomy. The lessons, listed in order of frequency of reporting, were the need to: have adequate infrastructure and services; enable spontaneous adoption; have multi‐disciplinary and institutional collaboration; build on previous adoption of good agronomic practices (GAP); have farmer participation in research; encourage and learn from smallholder adaptations; make GAP promotion demand‐driven; allow GAP choices; address challenges and trade‐offs to GAP adoption; enable GAP‐by‐GAP adoption; reconcile conflicting messages; offer adequate profit potential with acceptable risk; reduce labor needs, especially for women; and build capacity for farming system improvement along the chain from farmer to research. The lessons are discussed and conclusions are reported.

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改善非洲的小农耕作制度

本论坛论文总结和讨论了14类经验教训，这些经验教训是与非洲小农户实现农场级影响的经验。这些经验教训是在美国农艺学会非洲农艺协会主办的一次座谈会上报告的。这些课程按报告频率的顺序列出，它们的需要是：拥有足够的基础设施和服务；自发采用；开展多学科和机构合作；以以前采用的良好农业规范（GAP）为基础；让农民参与研究；鼓励小农适应并从中学习；使GAP促进需求驱动；允许选择GAP；解决在采用GAP方面的挑战和权衡；支持采用GAP-by-GAP；调和冲突的消息；提供足够的潜在利润并具有可接受的风险；减少劳动力需求，尤其是对妇女的需求；从农民到研究的整个链条，建设改善农业系统的能力。讨论课程并报告结论。