Research with farmers : lessons from Ethiopia / edited by Steven Franzel and Helen van Houten.

Contents

Part 1 Introduction
1. Background and Objectives, Steven Franzel
2. Ethiopia's agricultural sector: an overview, Ann Stroud and Mulugetta Mekuria
3. Farming systems research in Ethiopia: evolution, development and organization, Mulugetta Mekuria, Steven Franzel and Hailu Beyene


Part 2 The maize-tef system of western Ethiopia
4. The farming system of the Bako area, Legesse Dadi, Gemechu Gedeno, Tesfaye Kumsa and Getahun Degu
5. Developing an early-maturing maize variety to solve seasonal food shortages, Asfaw Negassa, Benti Tolessa, Steven Franzel, Gemechu Gedeno and Legesse Dadi
6. Agronomic improvements and new cropping patterns, Gemechu Gedeno, Asfaw Negassa, Legesse Dadi and Steven Franzel


Part 3 The tef-wheat system of north central Ethiopia
7. Vertisol farming system of North Shewa, Hailu Beyene and Chilot Yirga
8. Improving productivity on highland Vertisols: the oxen-drawn broadbed maker, Samuel C. Jutzi adn M.A. Mohammed-Saleem


Part 4 The semi-arid areas: farming systems of south central Ethiopia
9. Farming systems of the Nazret area, Tilahun Mulatu, Teshome Regassa and Aleligne Kefyalew
10. Developing technologies for small-scale farmers: on-farm research in the Nazret area, Teshome Regassa, Tilahun Mulatu and Roger Kirkby


Part 5 The barley-wheat system of southeastern Ethiopia
11. Farming systems of the Kulumsa area, Chilot Yirga, Hailu Beyene, Lemma Zewdie and Douglas G. Tanner
12. Developing technologies to improve soil fertility, weed control and wheat varieties, Douglas G. Tanner, Amanuel Gorfu, Lemma Zewdie and Asefa Taa


Part 6 Policy and commodity-based issues
13. Prospects for improving coffee-based farming systems, Kassahun Seyoum, Hailu Tafesse and Steven Franzel
14. Socioeconomic constraints to increasing maize production, Legesse Sadi, Wilfred Mwangi and Steven Franzel
15. Constraints to increasing wheat production in the smallholder sector, Hailu Beyene, Steven Franzel and Wilfred Mwangi
16. Grain-marketing policies and peasant production, Steven Franzel, Legesse Dadi, Forrest Colburn and Getahun Degu
17. Marketing maize and tef in the Bako area: implications for post-market liberalization policies, Legesse Dadi, Asfaw Negassa and Steven Franzel


Part 7 Conclusions
18. Impact, institutionalization and methodology: research with farmers in Ethiopia, Steven Franzel


Appendices

Includes Bibliography and index