1st Edition
Self-Sufficient Agriculture Labour and Knowledge in Small-Scale Farming
By Robert Tripp
Copyright 2006
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Low external-input technology (or LEIT) is an increasingly prominent subject in discussions of sustainable agriculture. There are growing calls for self-sufficient agriculture in an era experiencing diminishing returns from reliance upon expensive synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. There are many reasons to support strategies for low external input farming, including a concern for environmental... Read more
Low External-Input Technology (LEIT) and Agricultural Development * Examples of LEIT and Farmer-Focused Development Strategies * Labour, Information and Agricultural Technology * The Impact of LEIT: Evidence from the Literature * Learning from Success: Revisiting Experiences of LEIT Adoption by Hillside Farmers in Central Honduras * Conservation by Committee: The Catchment Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya * After School: The Outcome of Farmer Field Schools in Southern Sri Lanka * The Trajectory of Low External-Input Agriculture *
Biography
Robert Tripp is a research fellow in the Rural Policy and Governance Group at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London.
'...a very valuable addition to the literature and well worth reading...wonderfully written:clear, well-organized, and quite free of jargon' Christine Padoch, Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden. Development and Change, July 2007.
