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Farmer - back - to - farmer : a model for generating acceptable agricultural technology
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Farmer - back - to - farmer : a model for generating acceptable agricultural technology
Based on the experiences of a postharvest research team at the International Potato Center (CIP) in Peru, a model of successful interdisciplinary research involving both biological and social researchers and beginning and ending with the farmer is outlined as an approach to solving farm-level technological problems.
Rhoades, Robert E.; Booth, Robert H. · 1970
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Abstract
The model, which is presented in schematic form, consists of four activities: (1) diagnosis, in which researchers work with farmers to define the problem; (2) interdisciplinary research, both on-station and on-farm, to identify and develop a potential solution; (3) testing the proposed solution, first on-station and then on-farm in order to adapt it to farmers" needs; and (4) evaluation and use of the proposed technology by the farmers themselves under their own conditions, resources, and management. The value of the model as an alternative to multidisciplinary approaches (in which several scientists play specialized but separate roles) is stressed.
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