Inclusive research for agriculture development: farmers participation and innovation

Dissemination or extension of technologies among the farmers is a complex issue. More often than not the scientists, having developed and tested the technologies, are not able to transfer these to the farmers widely. W hy the farmer is not ready to adopt the new technology is an issue that haunts planners and scientists alike. Farmers today need a variety of information about protection, inputs & services (Van den Ban, 1998). Factors such as the size of landholding (Adhiguru et al. , 2009), production system of the farmers and availability of inputs and services affect the information needs of the farmers (Rivera, 1996; Farrington et al., 1997; Planning Commission, 2006). Agricultural extension must be seen as a wider concept, including agricultural and marketing skills, organizing farmers and other stakeholders, developing social capital, sustainable natural resource management and food and livelihood security (Swanson, 2008).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Kumar, Arvind, Gupta RK, Jat, Mangi Lal, Malik, R.K., Sidhu HS, Gopal R
Format:	Conference Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	agriculture, climate, technology transfer, information,
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41980 http://aciar.gov.au/files/node/13993/inclusive_research_for_agricultural_development_f_19828.pdf
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