‘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.

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