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Author : Alistair J. Sutherland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016344124
Author : Social Science Research Council (U.S.) Advisory Committee on Social and Economic Research in Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924055004901
Author : Ika Darnhofer,David Gibbon,Benoît Dedieu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400745032
Farming Systems Research has three core characteristics: it builds on systems thinking, it depends on the close collaboration between social and biophysical sciences, and it relies on participation to build co-learning processes. Farming Systems Research posits that to contribute towards sustainable rural development, both interdisciplinary collaborations and local actor engagement are needed. Together, they allow for changes in understanding and changes in practices. This book gives an overview of the insights generated in 20 years of Farming Systems Research. It retraces the emergence and development of Farming Systems Research in Europe, summarises the state-of-the-art for key areas, and provides an outlook on new explorations, especially those tackling the dynamic nature of farming systems and their interaction with the natural environment and the context of action.
Author : Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000709919
This book provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the concepts and methods of the sociology of farming. The sociology of farming focuses on co-production: the ongoing interaction and mutual transformation of the natural and the social (of ‘human and living nature’) which requires putting the farm labour process centre stage. While there are many books which discuss food and agriculture, this book is different: it delves into the methods and concepts used and presents a comprehensive conceptual framework and the associated methods for research to give students and researchers of agriculture and rural studies a solid set of tools for unravelling the complexities of farming and rural life. Importantly, these tools also empower us to design new ways forward. A wide array of case studies, as wide-ranging as Brazil, Peru, China, the Netherlands, Italy and Guinea Bissau, help readers to grasp the commonalities that underlie strongly diversified and divided rural worlds. The book lists over two hundred basic concepts and includes boxes that discuss the main methods of the sociology of farming. This textbook is essential reading for students and scholars of food and agriculture, agrarian studies, rural development, food and farming systems, peasant studies and environmental sociology.
Author : Michael P. Collinson
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9251043116
This book provides a detailed history of farming systems research (FSR). While it includes the application of FSR to developed country agriculture, its main focus is on FSR in its original role, with small scale, resource-poor farmers in less developed countries. There are some 40 contributions from nearly 50 contributors from 20 countries, illustrating both the diversity and yet the coherence of FSR. The five parts of the book cover: (1) FSR - understanding farmers and their farming (FSR origins and perspectives; understanding farming systems); (2) the applications of farming systems research (FSR in technology choice and development; FSR in extension and policy formulation); (3) institutional commitment to FSR (FSR: some institutional experiences in national agricultural research; dimensions of the organization of FSR; training for FSR); (4) FSR: the professional dimension (regional and international associations; FSR and the professional disciplines); and (5) cutting edge methods, abiding issues and the future for FSR.
Author : Frederick C. Fliegel
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001594253
Fliegel overviews and summarizes research on the spread of innovations through rural populations. The volume begins with a look at the discovery of diffusion as a patterned process in the 1940s and examines the creation of the classical model to explain diffusion as a transfer of information. Fliegel then notes how the classical model changed to accommodate the particular socioeconomic condition when the model was applied to developing countries after 1945. He concludes by commenting on the revival of interest in diffusion research, the further development and refinement of the classical model, and the modern emphasis on conservation-oriented innovations rather than on innovations that enhance production. Fliegel overviews and summarizes research on the spread of innovations through rural populations. The volume gives detailed attention to the development and utilization of diffusion research from the 1940s to 1970 and traces the creation of the classical model for explaining the spread of innovations. Because the classical model seemed inadequate when applied to the diffusion of innovations in lesser-developed countries after World War II, the model changed to accommodate new research. The book notes the role of diffusion research in developing countries after the second world war, the change of the classical model to include socioeconomic conditions peculiar to these countries, and the growth and development of diffusion research to the present day. The first part of the book provides an historical survey of diffusion research through 1970. The chapters in this section discuss the discovery of diffusion as a patterned process, the development of the classical model to explain diffusion as an information transfer, and the implementation of diffusion research in developing countries after 1945. The second part, devoted to recent trends, includes chapters on the further development and refinement of the classical model, the revival of interest in diffusion research, and the modern emphasis on conservation-oriented innovations rather than on ones that enhance production. An extensive bibliography concludes this comprehensive study.
Author : Manuel E. Ruiz,Susan E. Ruiz
Publisher : IICA
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9290392991
Author : Jayne T. MacLean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : MINN:31951002976461Y
Author : Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Advisory Committee on Social and Economic Research in Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1586 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : NWU:35556003278520
Author : Jeffrey R Jones,Ben J Wallace,Robert Booth,Robert E Rhoades
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000311860
The publication of this book has required the cooperation of many people along the way. From its very conception, the project of bringing together experiences from ongoing Farming Systems Research projects has faced a problem of communication due to the dispersal of the participants. Dr. William Partridge and Lynne Goldstein were instrumental in the initial presentation of the symposium on Social Science participation in Farming Systems Research at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Ben Wallace has done an admirable job not only as editor but 8s a ilpoint m-an"- throughout the process or organizirig the conference and preparing the manuscript. He deserves credit tor expediting countless actMties that could never have otherwise been accomplished because of the vagaries or international mails and telecommunications.
Author : W. R. Schmehl,W R Schmehl,Perry F Philipp,W. W. Shaner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000237177
This collection offers a comprehensive view of the commonalities and diversities of the farming systems research and development (FSR&D) approaches being applied around the world. The authors–among the leading practitioners in FSR&D–discuss conceptual frameworks, research methodology, data collection, and several ongoing FSR&D programs. The book is a must for anyone interested in gaining a concise, yet broad view of this new and growing field of research and its importance to small-scale farming in developing countries.
Author : Michael P. Collinson
Publisher : CABI
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780851994055
Farming Systems Research (FSR) may be defined as a diagnostic process, providing a collection of methods for researchers to understand farm households and their decision-making. Its applications use this understanding to increase efficiency in the use of human and budgetary resources for agricultural development, including research, extension and policy formulation. Initiated by the then International Association for Farming Systems Research and Extension (now International Farming Systems Association) and developed with support from FAO, this book provides a detailed history of FSR. While it includes the application of FSR to developed country agriculture, its main focus is on FSR in its original role, with small-scale, resource-poor farmers in less developed countries.
Author : Walter L. Slocum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015028776964
Rural people; Culture: the heritage of the past; Social processes: dynamic aspects of life; Social systems: networks of relationship; Community development.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Jane Potter Gates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : MINN:31951D00304219L