J W Bentley

Biographic Data

ID	2631
NAME	J W Bentley
GIVEN NAMES	J W
FAMILY NAME	Bentley
SIGNATURE	BENTLEY J W
AFFILIATIONS	Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School
ORCID	0000-0002-4101-8843
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	38
TOTAL CITATIONS	178
AUTHOR COUNT	38
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	6

Examining gendered cassava trait preferences through commercial seed business: A case study of Iita GoSeed and Umudike Seeds in Nigeria
Open AccessDurodola Owoade, Olamide Olaosebikan et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2025References: 2
This study focuses on how, apart from research, commercial seed initiatives and practices aimed at promoting and selling improved varieties also identified gendered trait preferences of cassava users along the value chain. Since 2015, the public cassava breeding program in Nigeria, led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration with the National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), has carried out various res…
Managing complexity and uncertainty in agricultural innovation through adaptive project design and implementation
Open AccessJ W Bentley, Diego Naziri et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2021References: 23
The recent shift towards agricultural innovation systems recognises that agricultural development is complex and must involve multiple actors. This makes innovation through a project framework inherently challenging. This article draws lessons from a project that fostered post-harvest innovations in Uganda. First, a two-stage design allowed scoping out business cases with partners to identify potential innovations. Second, stakeholders used the P…
Ecological illiteracy can deepen farmers’ pesticide dependency
Open AccessKris A G Wyckhuys, K L Heong et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2019
Nearly 2.5 billion smallholders cultivate the world’s arable land, strategically positioned to tackle multiple Anthropocene challenges. When consciously adopting ecologically-based pest management practices, they can improve resource use efficiency, slow biodiversity loss, curtail environmental pollution and safeguard human health. Yet, the effective implementation of knowledge-intensive management practices requires underlying ecological concept…
Extension, Communication, and Education
Open AccessJ W BentleyOTHERThe International Encyclopedia of…2018
Agricultural extension, adult education for farmers, began in the nineteenth century in Europe and the United States. Twentieth‐century methods have included T&V (teaching and visit), videos, Farmer Field School (FFS), and demonstration plots. Extension is now maturing from a top‐down focus to one that takes farmers' knowledge and demands into account. Extension topics cover almost everything related to crop or animal production. Once largely all…
Videos that speak for themselves: When Non-Extensionists Show Agricultural Videos to Large Audiences
J W Bentley, Jeffery Bentley et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2014Cited by: 1References: 7
In 2008, an NGO showed videos about rice to farmers in 19 villages in Benin. A study in 2013 showed that farmers remembered the videos, even after five years had passed. In most of the villages at least some farmers experimented with rice farming or with new technology after the video screenings, which attracted large audiences of community members, including youth and women. Some of the villagers also visited extension agencies to get rice seed,…
The snowman outline: Fact Sheets by Extensionists for Farmers
J W Bentley, Jeffery Bentley et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2013References: 5
Writing for smallholders in developing countries is an art that demands clear prose, a sound idea, and a logical outline. Although extension agents are often unaccustomed to writing, and usually need a sympathetic editor, extensionists know the target audience better than agricultural researchers or professional communicators. A one-page, 300-word fact sheet is a suitable format, allowing extensionists to write their insights for farmers. The fac…
Heavy agricultural workloads and low crop diversity are strong barriers to improving child feeding practices in the Bolivian Andes
Open AccessAndrew D Jones, Yesmina Cruz Agudo et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2012Cited by: 7References: 35
Travelling Companions: Emerging Diseases of People, Animals and Plants Along the Malawi-Mozambique Border
Open AccessJ W Bentley, Mike Robson et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2012References: 13
Sharing ideas between cultures with videos
Open AccessJ W Bentley, Jeffery Bentley et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2011Cited by: 1
Civil servants, agricultural researchers, extension people and media experts often think that videos for farmers need to be filmed locally, so that the audience identifies with the actors. But this is not so. Farmers in southwestern and northern Nigeria reacted to videos on rice seed health (made in Bangladesh), on parboiling (filmed in Benin) and rice cultivation (from Mali). The farmers criticized the videos freely, but their remarks were about…
Attitude counts: Engaging with rice farmers in West Africa
Paul Van Mele, J W Bentley et al.ARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2011Cited by: 2References: 13
An international project called PADS promoted participatory learning and action research with inland valley rainfed rice farmers in West Africa. All countries received the same training, similar funding, and the same leadership. Although the staff in Ghana were conscientious and gave much training to the farmer beneficiaries, the Mali staff explicitly encouraged farmers to experiment. Farmers in Mali responded to this favourable attitude by exper…
Experimental By Nature: Rice Farmers in Ghana
J W Bentley, Jeffery Bentley et al.ARTICLEHuman Organization2010
A project in Ghana tried to encourage government extension agents to change their attitudes. Instead of merely teaching new techniques, they were supposed to engage rice farmers in a two-way learning experience. The extension agents accepted some of the project philosophy, but they still thought that the goal of the project was to teach new technology to farmers, rather than to encourage farmer learning and innovation. Even so, the farmers actual…
Folk experiments
Open AccessJ W BentleyARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2006Cited by: 4References: 13
Society for Latin American Anthropology: Bolivia Starts to Heal
Open AccessGabriela Vargas-Cetina, Gabriela Vargas‐cetina et al.ARTICLEAnthropology News2004
Neighbor Trees: Shade, Intercropping, and Cacao in Ecuador
Open AccessJ W Bentley, Eric Boa et al.ARTICLEHuman Ecology2004Cited by: 1References: 23
Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation. By National Research Council 2000
Open AccessJ W BentleyARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2003
Zapotec Science: Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca
J W Bentley, Roberto J GonzálezARTICLELatin American Antiquity2003Cited by: 1
Participatory Research: A Set of Tools But Not The Key to the Universe
Open AccessB G Sims, Brian Sims et al.ARTICLECulture & Agriculture2002
Liberalization of Peru's formal seed sector
Open AccessJ W Bentley, Robert Tripp et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2001Cited by: 3References: 1
Special report: Standing on all three legs: The técnico as a cross-cultural occupational group
Open AccessEric Boa, J W Bentley et al.ARTICLEEconomic Botany2001References: 6
Honduran Folk Entomology
J W Bentley, Bentley et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology2001Cited by: 32References: 13
Brooke Larson, Cochabamba, 1550-1900: Colonialism and Agrarian Transformation in Bolivia
Open AccessJ W BentleyARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values1999
Jeffery M. Paige, Coffee and Power: Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America
Open AccessJ W BentleyARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values1999
Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade
Open AccessJ W BentleyREVIEWAmerican Anthropologist1998
Open-Economy Politics: The Political Economy of the World Coffee Trade. Robert H. Bates. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997.221 pp
On the ethics of biological control of insect pests
Open AccessJ W Bentley, Robert J O’Neil et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values1997References: 6
Local knowledge and agricultural decision making in the Philippines: Class, gender and resistance by Virginia D. Nazarea-Sandoval
Open AccessJ W BentleyARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values1997