Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that
researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely appreciate the richness and …

Although ITK has for long been the subject of academic concern, it is only recently that
interest has been shown in the possibility of harnessing it for the purpose of development …

Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that effective agricultural
development in resource-poor regions must be based in a respect for the indigenous …

The topics dealt with in this review include life-history, phenology, behaviour, relations with
plants, population dynamics, determinants of geographical and seasonal distribution …

This review of the discussions of a workshop analyses indigenous technical knowledge
(ITK), examines its potential for rural development, and outlines implications and issues. ITK …

The Green Revolution–the apparently miraculous increase in cereal crop yields achieved in
the 1960s–came under severe criticism in the 1970s because of its demands for optimal …

This essay explores ground common to ecology and politics. It addresses the question to
what extent and in what ways are ecological ideas political ideas. The discussion, divided …

This book provides stimulating and timely suggestions about expanding the world food
supply to include a variety of minilivestock. It suggests a wide variety of small animals as …

Originally published in 1987, this book brings together information previously buried in
specialist sources and makes it available to the student in a non-technical and well …

Agricultural research has a good record with resource-rich farmers (RRFs). Rates of return to
successful agricultural research are exceptionally high where the beneficiaries are the better …