Seeing the forest for the trees
| Title | Seeing the forest for the trees |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 1987 |
| Authors | Cashman, K |
| Secondary Title | Paper presented at Farming Systems Research Symposium: How Systems Work, October 18-21, 1987 |
| Date Published | October 1987 |
| Conference Location | University of Arkansas |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Africa; agroforestry; alley farming; cassia; Cassia siamea; farming; farming systems research; fertilizer; FSR&D; grassroots organizations; IITA; ILCA; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; International Livestock Center for Africa; legume; luecaena; Nigeria; OFR; on-farm research |
| 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. |
| Research Notes | Includes a draft document |
| Number of pages | 6 pp. |
