Hazards and Opportunities : Farming Livelihoods in Dryland Africa: Lessons from Zimbabwe
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'Fluctuating environmental and economic risks in Africa's drylands mean that there can be no standard prescriptions for these areas. This important book shows how this apparently pessimistic conclusion can open up opportunities for local innovation and adaptation.' - Chris Eldridge, Save the Children Fund, Southern Africa Office
'This book helps those of us who are faced with the question: why has so much national and donor investment in African argricultural research produced such poor results? Sold empircal data is used to cogently argue that adaptive management of agricultural research is needed to understand the cultivator's adaptive management of agricultural practices.' - Dr Louk Box, Director, European Centre for Development Policy Management
'This study of small-scale dryland agriculture has enormous implications for agricultural and natural resource policy that justifies the inclusion of farmers as active partners in the formal research and extension porcess.' - Professor D Michael Warren, Director, Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development
'Of tremendous value not only to research and extension staff seeking participatory approaches with rural households, but provides the core of a transformational approach, using the knowledge and experience of rural families in the development of their own communities.' - E Dengu, Country Director, Intermediate Development Group, Zimbabwe
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