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Training resource book on a participatory method for modelling bioresource flows
Type: Brief
This guidebook helps researchers and extensionists learn an easy rapid appraisal technique that enables farmers to draw conceptual models of their farm systems. The drawings help researchers and extensionists to understand ...
Socioeconomic impact and farmers' assessment of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) culture in Bangladesh
Type: Report
The book reports on the socioeconomic study made on tilapia culture in seasonal ponds/ditches in Bangladesh. Results show that the simple technology, requiring very low labor input, is economically viable and brings other ...
Households, agroecosystems and rural resources management: a guidebook for broadening the concepts of gender and farming systems
Type: Brief
Scientists working to provide farmers with new technologies often have a narrow view of the farming systems in which their technologies must fit. Conventional stereotypes also govern their views on gender. The exercises ...
Drawing pictures of integrated farms helps everyone: an example from Vietnam
Type: Journal Article
The participation of farmers in the research process related to the development of integrated farming processes is discussed with respect to observations made on the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The use of drawing pictures of ...