Beyond Farmer First: Rural People’s Knowledge, Agricultural Research and Extension Practice
Edited by Ian Scoones and John Thompson
ISBN 1 85339 250 2
ITDG Publishing (1994), 301 pages. Price: £12.95
This book presented a selection of the papers presented at the workshop “Beyond Farmer First”, which took place at the Institute of Development Studies , Sussex , in October 1992.
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- Table of contents, pp. iii–viii
- List of workshop participants and contributors to the volume, pp. 273–277
- Ian Scoones and John Thompson, ‘Introduction’, pp. 1–12
Part 1: Theoretical reflections on knowledge, power and practice
Part 2: Methodological innovations, applications and challenges
- Pt 2 Introduction / Andrea Cornwall et al. , ‘Acknowledging process: methodological challenges for agricultural research and extension’, pp. 97–117
- Jeffrey W. Bentley, ‘Stimulating peasant farmer experiments in non-chemical pest control in Central America ‘, pp. 147–150
- Yunita T. Winarto, ‘Encouraging knowledge exchange: integrated pest management in Indonesia ‘, 150–154
Part 3: Transforming institutions and changing policies
- Pt 3 Introduction / Jules N. Pretty and Robert Chambers, ‘Towards a learning paradigm: new professionalism and institutions for a sustainable agriculture’, pp. 181–202
- John Farrington and Anthony J. Bebbington, ‘From research to innovation: getting the most from interaction with NGOs’, pp. 203–213
- Anthony J. Bebbington, ‘Farmers’ federations and food systems: organizations for enhancing rural livelihoods’, pp. 220–224
- Sam Fujisaka, ‘Will farmer participatory research survive in the International Agricultural Research Centres?’, pp. 227–235
- Niels Röling, ‘Facilitating sustainable agriculture: turning policy models upside down’, pp. 245–248
- Lori-Ann Thrupp and Jorge Uquillas, ‘The “Beyond Farmer First” researcher: A play in two acts’, pp. 266–269