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Beyond Farmer First

Rural People,s Knowledge, Agricultural Research and Extension Practice

Editor: Scoones, I. and Thompson, J..

Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications

Place of Publish: UK, London

Year: 1994

Page Numbers: 301

Acc. No: 4041

Class No: 338.1 BEY

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Agriculture

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 1 85339 250 2

‘Beyond farmer first’ argues that approaches and methods of transfer of technology do not fit the resource-poor farming of the complex, diverse and risk-prone agriculture. It contrasts the more traditional, technology-driven agriculture, with its standardizing package of practices with the complementary farmer-first approach or paradigm. These generate many choices to enable farmers to vary, complicate and diversify their farming systems.