Farmers' Choice: Evaluating an Approach to Agricultural Technology Adoption in Tanzania
By Unknown Author.
Description
Food security is once again an urgent international priority. Agricultural extension methods that relied on imposing centrally-developed technological solutions have been ineffective, since small farmers in developing countries often cultivate marginal lands, working under constraints for which these solutions were not designed. Since 2006, a flexible agricultural extension approach has been implemented in Northern Tanzania, inspired by the Farmer Field School approach, and offering farmers a basket of technology options from which farmers can choose what serves their needs and resources be...
ISBN(s)
185339775X, 9781853397752
