Number of documents: 157
Reconceptualizing Participation for Sustainable Rural Development towards a Negotiation Approach
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2000 - Development and Change - Cees Leeuwis
In many popular intervention methodologies aimed at stimulating sustainable rural development (in the widest possible sense) the idea of ‘participation’ is a leading principle. This article will demonstrate that the process in which actors are supposed to participate is often thought of as being a process of planning, decision‐making and/or [...]
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A Manual to Facilitate Participatory Planning Activities to Empower Community IPM
Training material
1999 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Mufid A. Busyairi
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A Village Planning Meeting, Yen Phuong Village, Vietnam
Case study
1999 - The Vietnam National IPM Programme - The Vietnam National IPM Programme
Document describing a village planning meeting in Vietnam.
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Beyond the Farmer Field School: IPM and Empowerment in Indonesia
Case study
1998 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Peter A. C. Ooi
To many scientists and researchers, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is just about pests . Yet this overlooks the important role IPM can play in human resource development. Whilst insect pests are naturally important entry points, these open the door to a more important aspect of IPM, that of human resource [...]
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Women farmers and IPM Farmer Field Schools in Vietnam
Technical background material
1997 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Nguyen Nhat Tuyen
The article discusses the role of women in agriculture in Vietnam and focuses on the participation of women farmers in the IPM Farmer Field School (FFS). The article is based on the findings of a study " Women and IPM in Vietnam" carried out in 1994 by the Hanoi based [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Participatory Learning for Sustainable Agriculture
Technical background material
1995 - World Development - Jules N. Pretty
Emerging evidence for the success on farms of resource-conserving technologies and practices must not tempt agricultural professionals into making prescriptions about what constitutes sustainable agriculture. Sustainability is a complex and contested concept, and so precise definitions are impossible. The dominant scientific paradigm of positivism has served us well over three [...]
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Promoting Sustainable Extension Approaches: Farmer Field School (FFS) and its Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa.
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0 - Department of Agricultural Economic and Extension, Federal University of Techology - Nigeria. - Professor Chigozie Asiabaka
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