Beyond Farmer First
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Beyond Farmer First
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Author : Ian Scoones
language : en
Publisher: Practical Action
Release Date : 1994
Beyond Farmer First written by Ian Scoones and has been published by Practical Action this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Business & Economics categories.
The purpose of this book is to reveal how agricultural research and extension, far from being discrete, rational acts, are in fact part of a process of coming to terms with conflicting interests and viewpoints. By going beyond Farmer First, this theoretically informed perspective describes agricultural development as what it is: a highly ideological and political process. As Robert Chambers notes in his foreword, the concerns of Farmer First with performance and of Beyond Farmer First with process, indicate that a radical rethinking of knowledge, power and agricultural science is well under way.
Farmer First Revisited
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Author : Ian Scoones
language : en
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Farmer First Revisited written by Ian Scoones and has been published by Practical Action Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Political Science categories.
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.
Chinese Market Gardening In Australia And New Zealand
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Author : Joanna Boileau
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-07-27
Chinese Market Gardening In Australia And New Zealand written by Joanna Boileau and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-27 with History categories.
This book offers a fresh perspective on the Chinese diaspora. It is about the mobilisation of knowledge across time and space, exploring the history of Chinese market gardening in Australia and New Zealand. It enlarges our understanding of processes of technological change and human mobility, highlighting the mobility of migrants as an essential element in the mobility and adaptation of technologies. Truly multidisciplinary, Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New Zealand incorporates elements of economic, agricultural, social, cultural and environmental history, along with archaeology, to document how Chinese market gardeners from subtropical southern China adapted their horticultural techniques and technologies to novel environments and the demands of European consumers. It shows that they made a significant contribution to the economies of Australia and New Zealand, developing flexible strategies to cope with the vagaries of climate and changing business and social environments which were often hostile towards Asian immigrants. Chinese Market Gardening in Australia and New Zealand will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of the Chinese diaspora, in particular the history of the Chinese in Australasia; the history of technology; horticultural and garden history; and environmental history, as well as Asian studies more generally.
Rra Notes Number 19 Special Issue On Training
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language : en
Publisher: IIED
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Rra Notes Number 19 Special Issue On Training written by and has been published by IIED this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Equitable Forest
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Author : Carol J. Pierce Colfer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-30
The Equitable Forest written by Carol J. Pierce Colfer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-30 with Law categories.
While there continues to be refinement in defining and assessing sustainable management, there remains the urgent need for policies that create the conditions that support sustainability and can halt or slow destructive practices already underway. Carol Colfer and her contributors maintain that standardized solutions to forest problems from afar have failed to address both human and environmental needs. Such approaches, they argue, often neglect the knowledge that local stakeholders have accumulated over generations as forest managers and do not address issues involving the diversity and well-being of groups within communities. The contributors note that these problems persist despite clear evidence that equity and social relationships, including gender roles, are important factors in the ways that communities adapt to change and manage forest resources overall. The Equitable Forest offers an alternative to traditional, externally organized strategies for forest management. Termed adaptive collaborative management (ACM), the approach tries to better acknowledge the diversity, complexity, and unpredictability of human and natural systems. ACM works to strengthen local institutions and use the knowledge and capacity of groups in local communities to enhance the health and well-being of both forests and the people who live in and around them. The Equitable Forest provides a detailed explanation of the descriptive, analytical, and methodological tools of ACM, along with accounts of early stages of its implementation in tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Although the contributors make it clear that it is too soon to evaluate the efficacy of ACM, their work is supported by evidence that rural communities do make important contributions when involved in formal forest management; that management strategies are most effective when flexible and tailored to local contexts; and that efforts by outside governmental and nongovernmental organizations to support local management are feasible from the policymaking perspective, and desirable for their impact on human, economic, and environmental well-being.
Agriculture And Human Values
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Agriculture And Human Values written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Agriculture categories.
Technological Change In Agriculture
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Author : D. Hogg
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2000-02-11
Technological Change In Agriculture written by D. Hogg and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02-11 with Business & Economics categories.
Why do modern agricultural techniques, which are environmentally damaging, continue to be used? This path-breaking book seeks the answer to that question in an understanding of evolution of agricultural research in its cultural context.
Indigenous Knowledge And Its Uses In Southern Africa
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Author : Hans Normann
language : en
Publisher: HSRC Press
Release Date : 1996
Indigenous Knowledge And Its Uses In Southern Africa written by Hans Normann and has been published by HSRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Health & Fitness categories.
This is a publication of the Institute for Indigenous Theory and Practice and the HSRC Co-operative Programme: Affordable Social Provision. It consists mainly of the edited contributions to an indaba on indigenous knowledge and practice organized by the Institute for Indigenous Theory and Practice at the South African Museum, Cape Town, on 24 November 1994. While the HSRC values the opportunity to disseminate information on the very important research and services referred to in this publication, it does not necessarily agree with all the views expressed and the conclusions reached in the publication.
Rice Biofortification
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Author : Sally Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Earthscan
Release Date : 2010
Rice Biofortification written by Sally Brooks and has been published by Earthscan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Bioengineering categories.
First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Rural Gender Relations
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Author : Bettina Barbara Bock
language : en
Publisher: CABI
Release Date : 2006
Rural Gender Relations written by Bettina Barbara Bock and has been published by CABI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Social Science categories.
This exciting new book brings together renowned international scholars to explore the gender effects of the current transformation of agriculture and rural life. It presents a comparative perspective on key research themes of rural gender relations, with each section beginning with a comprehensive overview. Five themes are addressed: developments in rural gender theory and research methodology; changes in farm households; patterns of rural migration; the impact of national and international policies; and the construction of gender identities as a result of rural changes. Contributors include scholars from Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.