Farmer First
Farmer First
Farmer First: Farmer Innovation and Agricultural Research
Edited by Robert Chambers, Arnold Pacey and Lori Ann Thrupp
London: IT Publications, 1989.
This volume collected together a selection of the papers presented and discussions that took place at the original Farmer First workshop, entitled “Farmers and Agricultural Research: Complementary Methods”, which took place at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, 26–31 July 1987.
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Introduction: three types of agriculture, pp.xvi–xx
Part 1: Farmer innovation
Farmers' knowledge, innovations, and relation to science – workshop discussion, pp. 31–38.
Paul Richards, ‘Agriculture as a performance', pp. 39–43
Interactions for local innovation – workshop discussion, pp. 43–51
Part 2: Farmers' agendas first
Part 2 Introduction / Roland Bunch, ‘Encouraging farmers' experiments', pp. 55–61
Gordon R. Conway, ‘Diagrams for farmers', pp. 77–86
Anil K. Gupta and IDS workshop, ‘Maps drawn by farmers and extensionists', pp. 86–92
Clive Lightfoot et al. , ‘Systems diagrams to help farmers decide in on-farm research', pp. 93–100
Interactive research – workshop discussion, pp. 100–105
Part 3: Practical participation
Jacqueline A. Ashby et al. , ‘Farmer participation in technology development', pp. 115–122
Farmers' groups and workshops – workshop discussion, pp. 122–126
Final reflections about on-farm research methods – workshop discussion, pp. 157–161
Part 4: Institutions and practical change
Part 4 Introduction / Context and change – workshop discussion, pp. 165–169
Robert Chambers, ‘Reversals, institutions and change', pp. 181–195
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