Author : K. C. John
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788170226178
Review of reports from various parts of India.
Author : Michael P. Collinson
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 14,19 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9789251043110
This book provides a detailed history of farming systems research (FSR). While it includes the application of FSR to developed country agriculture, its main focus is on FSR in its original role, with small scale, resource-poor farmers in less developed countries. There are some 40 contributions from nearly 50 contributors from 20 countries, illustrating both the diversity and yet the coherence of FSR. The five parts of the book cover: (1) FSR - understanding farmers and their farming (FSR origins and perspectives; understanding farming systems); (2) the applications of farming systems research (FSR in technology choice and development; FSR in extension and policy formulation); (3) institutional commitment to FSR (FSR: some institutional experiences in national agricultural research; dimensions of the organization of FSR; training for FSR); (4) FSR: the professional dimension (regional and international associations; FSR and the professional disciplines); and (5) cutting edge methods, abiding issues and the future for FSR.
Author : Stephen Biggs
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 19,33 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
ISBN :
Participation of resource-poor farmers in research; Context of resource-poor farmer participation in research; Meetings: a tool for strengthening farmer participation; Lessons and implications for research managers,
Author : Peter J. Matlon
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
IDRC pub. Conference report on participatory research involving West African farmers and research centres in agricultural technology development - covers obstacles to communication, understanding of farmer behaviour, selection of farming systems for agricultural research, etc.; discusses research design and evaluation. Diagrams, photographs, references and statistical tables. List of participants.
Author : Christine Okali
Publisher : Intermediate Technology Publications
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
An introductio to farmer participatory research. Associated themes and concepts. Farmer participatory research in practice. Key issues in implementation. Analysis of current trends and practice. Monitoring and evaluation. Future directions: linking evaluation indicators to project desing.
Author : Abbas M Kesseba
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 24,82 MB
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1000314189
This volume seeks a better understanding of the issues and options involved in the generation and transfer of technology to poor small farmers. It is intended to provide a fresh opportunity to develop guidelines for the future design and implementation of rural development investment projects.
Author : Laurie E. Drinkwater
Publisher : Department of Agriculture
Page : pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9781888626162
Author : Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (Organization)
Publisher :
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 23,95 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Agriculture
ISBN :
Author : Ian Scoones
Publisher : Practical Action Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 29,15 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Agriculture is an urgent global priority and farmers find themselves in the front line of some of the world's most pressing issues- climate change, globalization and food security. Twenty years ago, the Farmer First workshop held at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, launched a movement to encourage farmer participation in agricultural research and development (R & D), responding to farmers' needs in complex, diverse, risk-prone environments, and promoting sustainable livelihoods and agriculture. Since that time, methodological, institutional and policy experiments have unfolded around the world. Farmer First Revisited returns to the debates about farmer participation in agricultural R & D and looks to the future.The book presents a range of experiences that highlight the importance of going beyond a focus on the farm to a wider innovation system, including market interactions as well as the wider institutional and policy environment. If, however, farmers are really to be put first, a politics of demand is required in order to shape the direction of these innovative systems.
Author : Ika Darnhofer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 10,24 MB
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9400745036
Farming Systems Research has three core characteristics: it builds on systems thinking, it depends on the close collaboration between social and biophysical sciences, and it relies on participation to build co-learning processes. Farming Systems Research posits that to contribute towards sustainable rural development, both interdisciplinary collaborations and local actor engagement are needed. Together, they allow for changes in understanding and changes in practices. This book gives an overview of the insights generated in 20 years of Farming Systems Research. It retraces the emergence and development of Farming Systems Research in Europe, summarises the state-of-the-art for key areas, and provides an outlook on new explorations, especially those tackling the dynamic nature of farming systems and their interaction with the natural environment and the context of action.
