Self-Sufficient Agriculture: Labour and Knowledge in Small-Scale Farming

Author:   Robert Tripp
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781844072972


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Robert Tripp
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Earthscan Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781844072972


ISBN 10:   1844072975
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Low External-Input Technology (LEIT) and Agricultural Development * Examples of LEIT and Farmer-Focused Development Strategies * Labour, Information and Agricultural Technology * The Impact of LEIT: Evidence from the Literature * Learning from Success: Revisiting Experiences of LEIT Adoption by Hillside Farmers in Central Honduras * Conservation by Committee: The Catchment Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya * After School: The Outcome of Farmer Field Schools in Southern Sri Lanka * The Trajectory of Low External-Input Agriculture *

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'...a very valuable addition to the literature and well worth reading...wonderfully written:clear, well-organized, and quite free of jargon' Christine Padoch, Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden. Development and Change, July 2007.


'...a very valuable addition to the literature and well worth reading...wonderfully written:clear, well-organized, and quite free of jargon' Christine Padoch, Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden. Development and Change, July 2007.


'A subject of considerable contemporary importance... a genuine contribution to knowledge' - Jules Pretty, author of Agri-Culture


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Robert Tripp is a research fellow in the Rural Policy and Governance Group at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London.

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