Clinton L Beckford
Biographic Data
| ID | 3756108 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clinton L Beckford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clinton L |
| FAMILY NAME | Beckford |
| SIGNATURE | BECKFORD C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Windsor |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The development and implementation of an innovative community-based intervention to strengthen community capacity for HIV prevention and care among Canadians of African Caribbean and Black (ACB) women…
African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) women are overrepresented among new HIV diagnoses due to social and structural factors. This study seeks to create, implement, and evaluate a community-based peer-led intervention to improve access to HIV prevention and care for ACB women in Canada. This multisite, five-year project, using community-based participatory research, implementation science and evaluation frameworks, will be implemented in five non-i…
Fruit and Vegetable Lesson Plan Pilot Intervention for Grade 5 Students from Southwestern Ontario
The purpose was to create and assess the impact of food literacy curriculum alongside a centrally procured school snack program among grade five students in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Grade five students ( N = 287) from five intervention and three controls schools participated in an 8-week food delivery program. In addition to the food delivery program, intervention schools received a resource kit and access to 42 multidisciplinary food litera…
Climate change resiliency in Caribbean Sids
Adaptation, innovation and domestic food production in Jamaica
Small‐scale farmers' experimental innovations have not generally been considered for on‐farm research trials as those in the traditional sector have been perceived as recipients, rather than originators, of technical knowledge and sustainable and viable practices. Yet there is abundant evidence throughout the tropics that small‐scale farmers are adaptive and experimental problem solvers, and experts at devising innovative survival strategies. Whi…
The role and value of local knowledge in Jamaican agriculture
Local knowledge has played an active role in the lives of rural communities in virtually every part of the world. In Jamaica, traditional cropping systems based on local informal knowledge have been practiced since the days of slavery and play a vital role in meeting food security. Yet, some negative attitudes remain about the legitimacy and relevance of small-scale farmers' local and traditional knowledge. This paper discusses some conceptual an…
Plastic Yam and Plastic Yam Sticks – Perspectives on Indigenous Technical Knowledge Among Jamaican Farmers
Yam farming in Jamaica has been one of the few success stories in agriculture since Independence in 1962. Production is entirely dominated by small farmers who have intensified production systems. Over the last decade yam farmers experienced a ‘yam stick problem’ due to the scarcity, poor quality and high prices of yam sticks. This paper focuses on the content and contextualisation of indigenous technical knowledge among yam farmers. The intrinsi…
Decision-making and innovation among small-scale yam farmers in central Jamaica
Many researchers in the Caribbean have protested the generally negative stereotyping of small-scale farmers and the small-scale domestic agricultural sector. The essence of this pejorative attitude is that small-scale farmers display apathy and resistance to change and are reluctant to accept innovations. A major reason for this perspective is a lack of knowledge and understanding of and sensitivity towards the factors that influence and inform f…
The role and value of local knowledge in Jamaican agriculture
Local knowledge has played an active role in the lives of rural communities in virtually every part of the world. In Jamaica, traditional cropping systems based on local informal knowledge have been practiced since the days of slavery and play a vital role in meeting food security. Yet, some negative attitudes remain about the legitimacy and relevance of small-scale farmers' local and traditional knowledge. This paper discusses some conceptual an…
Decision-making and innovation among small-scale yam farmers in central Jamaica
Many researchers in the Caribbean have protested the generally negative stereotyping of small-scale farmers and the small-scale domestic agricultural sector. The essence of this pejorative attitude is that small-scale farmers display apathy and resistance to change and are reluctant to accept innovations. A major reason for this perspective is a lack of knowledge and understanding of and sensitivity towards the factors that influence and inform f…
Plastic Yam and Plastic Yam Sticks – Perspectives on Indigenous Technical Knowledge Among Jamaican Farmers
Yam farming in Jamaica has been one of the few success stories in agriculture since Independence in 1962. Production is entirely dominated by small farmers who have intensified production systems. Over the last decade yam farmers experienced a ‘yam stick problem’ due to the scarcity, poor quality and high prices of yam sticks. This paper focuses on the content and contextualisation of indigenous technical knowledge among yam farmers. The intrinsi…
Decision-making and innovation among small-scale yam farmers in central Jamaica
Many researchers in the Caribbean have protested the generally negative stereotyping of small-scale farmers and the small-scale domestic agricultural sector. The essence of this pejorative attitude is that small-scale farmers display apathy and resistance to change and are reluctant to accept innovations. A major reason for this perspective is a lack of knowledge and understanding of and sensitivity towards the factors that influence and inform f…
Plastic Yam and Plastic Yam Sticks – Perspectives on Indigenous Technical Knowledge Among Jamaican Farmers
Yam farming in Jamaica has been one of the few success stories in agriculture since Independence in 1962. Production is entirely dominated by small farmers who have intensified production systems. Over the last decade yam farmers experienced a ‘yam stick problem’ due to the scarcity, poor quality and high prices of yam sticks. This paper focuses on the content and contextualisation of indigenous technical knowledge among yam farmers. The intrinsi…
Adaptation, innovation and domestic food production in Jamaica
Small‐scale farmers' experimental innovations have not generally been considered for on‐farm research trials as those in the traditional sector have been perceived as recipients, rather than originators, of technical knowledge and sustainable and viable practices. Yet there is abundant evidence throughout the tropics that small‐scale farmers are adaptive and experimental problem solvers, and experts at devising innovative survival strategies. Whi…
The role and value of local knowledge in Jamaican agriculture
Local knowledge has played an active role in the lives of rural communities in virtually every part of the world. In Jamaica, traditional cropping systems based on local informal knowledge have been practiced since the days of slavery and play a vital role in meeting food security. Yet, some negative attitudes remain about the legitimacy and relevance of small-scale farmers' local and traditional knowledge. This paper discusses some conceptual an…
Climate change resiliency in Caribbean Sids
Fruit and Vegetable Lesson Plan Pilot Intervention for Grade 5 Students from Southwestern Ontario
The purpose was to create and assess the impact of food literacy curriculum alongside a centrally procured school snack program among grade five students in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Grade five students ( N = 287) from five intervention and three controls schools participated in an 8-week food delivery program. In addition to the food delivery program, intervention schools received a resource kit and access to 42 multidisciplinary food litera…
The development and implementation of an innovative community-based intervention to strengthen community capacity for HIV prevention and care among Canadians of African Caribbean and Black (ACB) women…
African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) women are overrepresented among new HIV diagnoses due to social and structural factors. This study seeks to create, implement, and evaluate a community-based peer-led intervention to improve access to HIV prevention and care for ACB women in Canada. This multisite, five-year project, using community-based participatory research, implementation science and evaluation frameworks, will be implemented in five non-i…
Agricultural Innovations and Practices (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Ecology (2 works)