To leverage the EI-ADO and AIP-PRISMA (PDF 344 KB) investment, several supporting activities were commissioned by ACIAR, including an annotated bibliography and Farmer to Farmer (F2F) learning guidelines.

The annotated bibliography provides a comprehensive reference source documenting past research and development activities in agricultural value chains in Eastern Indonesia, encompassing 17 commodities and 3 cross-cutting themes.

The purpose of the F2F learning research activities was to improve farmer knowledge, skills and experience leading to change in practice and adoption of new technologies at a larger scale. It involved a literature review, a workshop with F2F practitioners and researchers, development of a set of principles, recommendations and examples of F2F learning activities that could be used by field staff and management, and two pilot activities to test these principles in the field.