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International Workshop on Socioeconomic Constraints to Development of Semi-Arid Tropical Agriculture

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Title International Workshop on Socioeconomic Constraints to Development of Semi-Arid Tropical Agriculture
 
Subject Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Microlevel studies of existing farming practices in northern Nigeria show a clear-cut socioeconomic rationale behind the practices adopted by farmers in the area. Mixed cropping is favored because returns per acre are high and risk is minimized. Only those technologies that encourage and support the strategies behind the farming practices in this region will have a good chance of being successful. Conventional research approaches emphasizing single-crop technologies should be discouraged; an approach that examines all crops in the farming system and considers the felt needs of farmers should be evolved. The importance of multidisciplinary work and the ex ante role of the social scientist in the research effort are emphasized.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Contributor Ryan, J G
Thompson, H L
 
Date 1980
 
Type Book
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/628/1/RA_00003.pdf
Ryan, J G and Thompson, H L, eds. (1980) International Workshop on Socioeconomic Constraints to Development of Semi-Arid Tropical Agriculture. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.