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Contents Low External Input Technology and Agricultural Development External inputs and agricultural development 1 Sustainable agriculture 4 Low external input technology 16 Issues related to the performance of LEIT 22 The nature of the analysis 30 Examples of LEIT and Farmer-Focused Development Strategies Introduction 1 Soil and water management 4 Soil fertility enhancement 13 Crop establishment 20 Controlling weeds, insects and pathogens 24 Methods for generating and promoting LEIT 30 Summary 39 Labour, Information and Agricultural Technology Introduction 1 Labour 5 Information 19 Human Capital 24 Social capital 31 Summary 46 The Impact of LEIT: Evidence from the Literature Introduction 1 The poverty focus of LEIT 4 Economic incentives 12 Labour 19 Human Capital 29 Political movements in support of LEIT 37 Social capital and information flow 42 Summary 48 Learning from Success: Revisiting Experiences of LEIT Adoption by Hillside Farmers in Central Honduras Introduction 1 Methodology 6 General results 11 Why do some farmers adopt and others not? 17 Innovative farmers 27 Dissemination pathways and information flows 28 Project impacts on social and human capital 29 Were the 'LEIT' adopters 'low input' farmers? 30 Conclusions 32 Annex 1. Logit econometric analysis 36 Annex 2. Multiple regression analysis of basic grain yields 39 Annex 3. Results of the crop budgeting exercise 41 Conservation by Committee: The Catchment Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya Introduction 1 The evolution of soil and water conservation in Kenya 2 Background to the NSWCP 4 Background to the case-study area and the fieldwork sites 12 Who participated in the Catchment Approach? 21 Uptake of the different technologies 23 Levels of technology adoption 29 Farmers' sources of information about SWC 36 Experimentation, modifications, and innovation 38 Enhancing human capital: increased knowledge 40 Enhancing social capital: local groups and organizations 41 Conclusions 44 Annex 1. Methodology 48 After School: The Outcome of Farmer Field Schools in Southern Sri Lanka Introduction 1 Rice, extension, and IPM 2 Research area and the organization of the study 5 Who participates in Farmer Field Schools? 11 The effects of the FFS 16 The diffusion of knowledge 27 Factors related to the use of new production practices 33 Summary 39 The Trajectory of Low External Input Agriculture Introduction 1 The utilization of LEIT 2 Participation in LEIT projects 6 The type of farmer who utilizes LEIT 9 Labour and LEIT 13 Knowledge and LEIT 18 The emergence of a 'LEIT farmer' 21 LEIT, experimentation and adaptation 25 Farmer-to-farmer dissemination of LEIT 27 LEIT and social capital 29 Summary of case-study experience 30 Technology and agricultural development 32 Assessing LEIT 35 Projects and scaling up 41 The way forward 49 References
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Agricultural innovations -- Developing countries.
Sustainable agriculture -- Developing countries.
Farms, Small -- Developing countries.