TY  - BOOK
AU  - De Boef, Walter. 
TI  - Cultivating knowledge : : genetic diversity, farmer experimentation and crop research 
SN  - 9781853392078
U1  - 631 22
PY  - 1993///.
CY  - London : 
PB  - Intermediate technology publications
KW  - Agricultural ecology
KW  - Agriculture
N1  - Contents;

1. Understanding farmers' knowledge 
Introduction 
Local and scientific knowledge: developing a dialogue 
Implications of farming and household strategies for the organization of a development project 
Farmer experimentation and changing fallow ecology in the Krobo district of Ghana 
etc.

2. Developing local crops 
Introduction 
Linking farmers and plant breeders in local crop development
The science of plant breeding: support or alternative to traditional practices?
Linking genetic resource conservation to farmers in Ethiopia 
etc.

3. Building linkages 
Introduction 
Mobilizing local expertise in plant genetic resources research 
Seed fairs in the Andes: a strategy for local conservation of plant genetic resources 
Farmer crop-selection criteria and gene-bank collections in Indonesia 
etc.

4. Challenging policy 
Introduction 
Revalidating women's knowledge on indigenous vegetables: implications for policy 
Rediscovering local varieties of maize: challenging seed policy in Brazil 
Exploiting local knowledge: international policy implications 


; References : p. 179-191 . _ Glossary : p. 193-198 . _ Index : p. 199-206.
ER  -