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Beyond Farmer First
Edited by Ian Scoones and John Thompson, with a foreword by Robert Chambers
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, a process in which choices are made, alliances formed, exclusions effected, and worldviews imposed. 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 Beyond Farmer First with process indicate that a radical rethinking of knowledge, power and agricultural science is well under way.
ISBN 1853392375, (ITP), 1994, 288pp, £25.00,

Beyond Farmer First
Edited by Ian Scoones and John Thompson, with a foreword by Robert Chambers
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, a process in which choices are made, alliances formed, exclusions effected, and worldviews imposed. 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.
ISBN 1853392502, (ITP), 1994, 288pp, £4.95,

Biological and Cultural Diversity: The role of indigenous agricultural experimentation in development
Gordon D. Prain, Sam Fujisaka and Michael D. Warren
With the domestication of plants and animals, farmers have to face problems ranging from soil nutrient depletion and lack of water to insects pests, diseases, weeds and inappropriate crop varieties. Solving these problems requires farmers to experiment with different techniques, involving both the application and the generation of indigenous knowledge which is an integral component of local cultures. Most recent 'scientific' agricultural research has failed to build upon the valuable experiences and lessons learnt from farmers, until now. Biological and Cultural Diversity presents, for the first time, cases of indigenous experimentation as well as the benefits in terms of rural development of new partnerships between farmers and formal research. Development workers, agricultural researchers and others concerned about rural poverty, agricultural sustainability and local resource management will find this book highly relevant and of value to their work.
ISBN 1853394432, (ITP), 1999, 192pp, £16.95,

Cultivating Knowledge: Genetic diversity, farmer experimentation and crop research
Walter de Boef, Kojo Amanor and Kate Wellard with Anthony Bebbington
Local crop diversity in the South is being threatened by the promotion of modern 'high-yield' varieties. These worldwide case studies show the importance of small-scale farmers and local communities to maintaining crop diversity.
ISBN 1853392049, (ITP), 1993, 192pp, £12.95,

Cultivating Knowledge: Genetic diversity, farmer experimentation and crop research
Walter De Boef, Kojo Amanor and Kate Wellard with Anthony Bebbington
Local crop diversity in the South is being threatened by the promotion of modern 'high-yield' varieties. These worldwide case studies show the importance of small-scale farmers and local communities to maintaining crop diversity.
ISBN 1853392073, (ITP), 1993, 192pp, £25.00,

Developing Technology with Farmers: A trainer's guide for participatory learning
Laurens Van Veldhuizen, Ann Waters-Bayer and Henk De Zeeuw
Participatory Technology Development (PTD) in agriculture is a process of interaction between local people and outside facilitators to develop more sustainable farming systems. It starts with a joint analysis of the situation, an activity commonly known as Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). It continues by including participatory planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of local development activities. The heart of PTD is experimentation with new ideas designed and conducted by farmers with the encouragement of PTD practitioners. Written for trainers in governmental and non-governmental development organizations who are preparing their staff to work together with farmers in developing technologies appropriate to ecological agriculture and using few external inputs, this manual is divided into four sections: basic orientation and skills; joint analysis and planning; supporting farmers' experimentation; and extension of technologies and participatory methods. Each section contains workshop ideas.
ISBN 185649490X, (Zed Books), 1997, 230pp, £12.95,

Farmer First: Farmer innovation and agricultural research
Edited by Robert Chambers, Arnold Pacey and Lori Ann Thrupp
Argues that farmers in resource-poor areas are innovators and adaptors, and that agricultural research must take farmers' own agendas and priorities into account.
ISBN 1853390070, (ITP), 1989, 240pp, £4.50,

Farmer Participatory Research: Rhetoric and reality
Christine Okali, James Sumberg and John Farrington
The authors describe and critique how farmer participatory research is presently being used within a broad range of agricultural research and development programmes. They argue for the linkage of project objectives with implementation strategies.
ISBN 1853392529, (ITP), 1994, 156pp, £9.95,

Farmer-led Extension: Concepts and practices
Edited by Vanessa Scarborough, Scott Killough, Debra A.Johnson and John Farrington
This is the first book to focus on farmer-led extension, drawing on the experiences of over 70 farmers, community workers, NGO staff, researchers and policy makers from throughout the world. A range of appraoches to extension are discussed which include the campesino-a-campesino movement in South East Asia, `problem census' approaches in South Asia, and inofmration facilitation programmes in Africa.
ISBN 1853394173, (ITP), 1997, 228pp, £12.95,

Farmers' Research in Practice: Lessons from the field

Having established the central concepts of farmers' research, this book examines farmers' innovation through 17 wide-ranging case studies from around the world. It concludes by revisiting the major themes in relation to the lessons learned, and sets out the future issues and challenges for governmental and non-governmental organizations involved in agricultural development. Published in the ILEIA Readings in Sustainable Agriculture series.
ISBN 1853393924, (ITP), 1997, 320pp, £12.95,

Joining Farmers' Experiments: Experiences in participatory technology development.
Selected and edited by B. Haverkort with J. van der Kamp and A. Waters-Bayer
Presents a varied collection of reports from researchers and fieldworkers, who are supporting the efforts of farmers in small-scale farming in diverse and risk-prone areas, and linking up experimental farmers so that they can learn from one another (Published in the ILEIA Readings in Sustainable Agriculture series).
ISBN 1853391018, (ITP), 1991, 280pp, £12.95,

Let Farmers Judge: Experiences in assessing the sustainability of agriculture
Wim Hiemstra with Coen Reijntjes and Erik van der Werf
A collection of reports from researchers and fieldworkers on the effectiveness of innovations in smallholder farming systems. Emphasis is given to farmer participation and assessment and the use of new technologies (Published in the ILEIA Readings in Sustainable Agriculture series).
ISBN 1853391492, (ITP), 1992, 208pp, £12.95,

Linking with Farmers: Networking for low-external-input and sustainable agriculture
Edited by C. Alders, B. Haverkort and L. van Veldhuizen
Low-External-Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) technologies are being developed throughout the tropics. This book presents experiences of different forms of networking to promote LEISA between farmers, researchers and development workers (Published in the ILEIA Readings in Sustainable Agriculture series).
ISBN 1853392103, (ITP), 1993, 200pp, £12.95,

The One-Straw Revolution: An introduction to natural farming
Masanobu Fukuoka

ISBN 8185569053, (Permanent Publications), 1992, 182pp, £7.95,

The Roots of Change: Human behaviour and agricultural evolution in Mali
Brent M. Simpson
The Roots of Change focuses attention on the source of local agrarian change: human creativity and social interaction. Building on the view that these innate human characteristics are central forces in the evolution of local agricultural systems, this volume explores the patterns of farmers' individual amd joint behaviour in the generation, adaption and spread of new agricultural practices.
ISBN 1853394688, (ITP), 1999, 176pp, £15.95,