Beyond Farmer First: Rural peoples knowledge, agricultural research and extension practice: 2 - Softcover

Scoones, Ian; Thompson, John

 
9781853392504: Beyond Farmer First: Rural peoples knowledge, agricultural research and extension practice: 2

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

Ian Scoones is co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre at Sussex and joint convenor of the IDS-hosted Future Agricultures Consortium. He is an agricultural ecologist whose interdisciplinary research links the natural and social sciences.

John Thompson is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

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9781853392375: Beyond Farmer First: Rural People's Knowledge, Agricultural Research and Extension Practice

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ISBN 10:  1853392375 ISBN 13:  9781853392375
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