1992/01/01 This manual aims to provide readily-understandable technical information to help extension workers respond to farmers' questions on how to grow and manage trees for householduses or for local markets. Although the manual is, for the most part, a technical reference, it must be emphasized that...
1992/01/01 This manual aims to provide readily-understandable technical information to help extension workers respond to farmers' questions on how to grow and manage trees for householduses or for local markets. Although the manual is, for the most part, a technical reference, it must be emphasized that...
This booklet was developed as a training aid for use in irrigation workshops conducted for small farmers and technicians in the Peruvian highlands through USAID. Much of the agriculture there takes place on stepp slopes, shallow soils and small farm plots. Irrigation extension personnel found the...
This book seeks to contribute to ongoing debates about different approaches to agricultural technology development and transfer. One central theme in these debates relates to the value and potential contribution of what is widely referred to as 'indigenous technical knowlege," or local knowledge...
In this book we chose to explore the ways in which agroecologists can enhance agricultural productivity to benefit rather than marginalize small producers.