Small Farm Development
Understanding And Improving Farming Systems In The Humid Tropics

Table of Contents

Foreword -- Preface -- Small Farm Development -- A New Approach to Analysis -- The Stages of Small Farm Development -- Goals of Small Farm Development -- Measuring the Well-Being of Small Farmers -- Research in Small Farm Development -- Critical Factors in Small Farm Development -- Physical Limits to Cropping Intensity -- Economic Determinants of Crop Type and Cropping Intensity -- Resource Requirements of Multiple Cropping -- Animals in Mixed Farming Systems -- Noncommercial Farm Enterprises -- Nutrient Needs of Intensive Cropping Systems -- Efficient Use of Farm Resources -- Requirements for Farm Mechanization -- Stability in Farming Systems -- Appendixes -- Sources of Farming Systems Information -- Farming Systems Terminologies -- Botanical Names of Crops Mentioned