Coming Full Circle: Farmers' Participation in the Development of Technology

Coming Full Circle: Farmers' Participation in the Development of Technology
ISBN-10
0889363242
ISBN-13
9780889363243
Series
Coming Full Circle
Category
Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
1984
Publisher
International Development Research Centre
Authors
International Development Research Centre, Peter J. Matlon

Description

Accomodation or participation?; Communication problems; Using ethnoscientific tools to understand farmers' plants, goals, decisions; Farmer-Researcher dialogue: Reflections and experience; Defining production units for research design and implementation in the Sebugwe Region of Zinbabwe; Acceting the farmer's role: Purdue Farming Systems Unit; Survey costs and rural economics research; Technology evaluation: five case studies from West Africa; Experiences with rice in West Africa; Experiences from nothern Nigeria; Experimental Approches in southern MAil; Tecnicista versus campesinista: praxis and theory of farmer involvement in agricultura research.

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