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Westview Special Studies in Agriculture/Aquaculture Science and Policy

Readings in Farming Systems Research and Development

edited by W. W. Shaner, P. F. Philipp, and W. R. Schmehl

This collection offers a comprehensive view of the commonalities and diversities of the farming systems research and development (FSR&D) approaches being applied around the world. The authorsamong the leading practitioners in FSR&Ddiscuss conceptual frameworks, research methodology, data collection, and several ongoing FSR&D programs. The book is a must for anyone interested in gaining a concise, yet broad view of this new and growing field of research and its importance to small-scale farming in developing countries.

Dr. Shaner , project director of the Farming Systems Research and Development Methodology Project and associate professor of engineering at Colorado State University, has been chief economic advisor to the Technical Agency, Ministry of Planning, Ethiopia, and associate director of the Consortium for International Development. He has written Project Planning for Development (1979) and coauthored with Professors Philipp and Schmehl Farming Systems Research and Development: Guidelines for Developing Countries (Westview, 1982). Dr. Philipp is professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Hawaii. Dr. Schmehl is professor and associate department head of agronomy at Colorado State University.

First published 1982 by Westview Press

Published 2019 by Routledge

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Copyright 1982 by Colorado State University

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 82-50803

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-28509-8 (hbk)

Contents

W. W. Shaner

Richard R. Harwood

D. W. Norman and Elon Gilbert

Donald Winkelmann and Edgardo Moscardi

Robert D. Hart

Robert D. Hart

Hubert G. Zandstra

Peter E. Hildebrand

Jerry L. McIntosh

B. A. Krantz

Donald L. Plucknett

1. ii
2. iii

Guide

Figures

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Tables

Chapter 1

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

In October 1978, the United States Agency for International Development contracted with the Consortium for International Development (CID) to prepare a set of guidelines on farming systems research and development (FSR&D). In carrying out the contract, CID gave Colorado State University (CSU) lead responsibility and subcontracted portions of the work to the University of Hawaii. Based on that contract, a book of guidelines Farming systems Research and Development: Guidelines for Developing Countries was written primarily for research and development institutions in the developing countries. Another product of that contract is this book of readings on FSR&D.

In researching the materials for our book of guidelines, we found that some scientists had conducted considerable research in FSR&Dprimarily in cropping systemsand a few development groups had been successful in implementing the approach. However, much of this work was scattered throughout the world and published results had not been widely distributed. Consequently, one of our project teams first tasks was to contact institutions and individuals who were working in FSR&D or related areas. This initial reconnaissance culminated in a workshop in FSR&D held at CSU August 14, 1979. Some of the worlds leading practitioners in FSR&D partieipated in this workshop.

The selected readings in this book contain papers prepared by these practitioners and illustrate some of their thoughts about the FSR&D approach. We have included in these readings papers by Richard Harwood, David Norman and Elon Gilbert, Donald Winkelmann and Edgardo Moscardi, Robert Hart, Hubert Zandstra, Peter Hildebrand, Jerry McIntosh, Bert Krantz, and Donald Plucknett.

These papers are but a sample of the contributors writings on FSR&D. Nevertheless, they convey themes that run through many of their other writings. We of the FSR&D project team have benefited greatly from these and similar papers and perhaps even more so from direct personal contact with each member of this group. For this help, we offer these writers our sincerest thanks. We also wish to thank Jan Owen and Donald Zimmerman for their editorial assistance; Hanae Akari for the drawings; and Vicky Lynn, Christine Stanley, Margaret Neff Withey, and Cheryl Buster for typing the manuscripts.

W. W. Shaner
P. F. Philipp
W. R. Schmehl
Fort Collins, Colorado

W. W. Shaner

This book of readings contains some of the more recent thoughts by those actively concerned with farming systems research and development (FSR&D) methodology and its application. By FSR&D, we mean agricultural research and technology development that views the whole farm as a system and focuses on (1) the interdependencies among the components under the farm households control and (2) how these components interact with the physical, biological, and socioeconomic factors not under the households control.

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