Seeing the forest for the trees

Reference Type Conference Paper
Year of Publication
1987
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Paper presented at Farming Systems Research Symposium: How Systems Work, October 18-21, 1987
Date Published
10/1987
Conference Location
University of Arkansas
Language
English
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Abstract
A grassroots approach to implementing alley farming is described in this paper. The approach emphasizes the participation and cooperation of Nigerian farm households in farming systems research. Strategies were developed to present the critical concepts of alley farming in a culturally acceptable, sustainable, and self-perpetuating manner. Findings are based on three years of field work with the International Livestock Center of Africa and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
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Includes a draft document
Number of pages
6 pp.