Agriculture in Developing Countries : Technology Issues

Agriculture in Developing Countries: Technology Issues presents an experimental approach of testing new possibilities and combinations to match the changes taking place in the agricultural production environment of developing countries. While emphasizing the importance of combining scientific and indigenous knowledge, this book argues that sustained agricultural development can be achieved only by promoting farmers` participation in technology development. It provides empirical evidence for this, using recent primary data from across Asia. This book is topical considering that the agriculture scenario in many countries has been undergoing a transformation due to various factors such as changes in governments` macroeconomic policies and climatic variations. The book also highlights that in order to minimize the negative impact of farmers` own yield gaps (the difference between farmers` own potential and actual yields) on their income levels, it is important that new approaches to agricultural technological development be employed in the form of more opportunities rather than a single crop production technology.

agricultural Production Environments Have Been Changing Constantly As A Result Of Factors Such As Shifts In Government Macroeconomic Policies And Climate Change. There Is A Need To Constantly Test New Possibilities And Strategies To Match Changing Environments. It May Be Difficult For Scientists, With A Formal Approach To Technology Development, To Keep Up With Constantly Changing Production Environments And To Provide Agricultural Technologies That Would Sustain Farmers' Income Levels. In This Context The Farmers' Indigenous Knowledge, Particularly In Developing Economies, Is Critical For Tackling Issues Arising Out Of Changing Agricultural Production Environments.

this Volume Emphasizes That Demands For New Agricultural Sustainable Technologies May Not Be Realized Merely By The Application Scientific Knowledge, But Would Require A Combination Of Scientific Inputs And The Indigenous Knowledge Of The Farming Community.

Agriculture in developing countries : technology issues / Kaliappa Kalirajan and Keijiro Otsuka Economic assessment of an indigenous technology in bangladesh / Abdus Samad Azad, Mahabub Hossain Research investment on technology development in peninsular India / G.S. Ananth, P.G. Chengappa, Aldas Janaiah Impact of forage options for beef production on small farms in China / N.D. Macleod, S. Wen, and M. Hu Optimal land-use with carbon payments and fertilizer subsidies in Indonesia / Russell M. Wise, Oscar J. Cacho Deterioration of tank irrigation systems and poverty in India / Kei Kajisa Agricultural technology and children's occupational choice in the Philippines / Keijiro Ostsuka, Jonna P. Estudillo, Yasuyuki Sawada A panel data model for the assessment of farmer field schools in Thailand / Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel. Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Technology Issues in Developing Countries’ Agriculture......Page 18 Economic Assessment of an Indigenous Technology in Bangladesh......Page 29 Research Investment on Technology Development in Peninsular India......Page 47 Impact of Forage Options for Beef Production on Small Farms in China......Page 62 Optimal Land-use with Carbon Payments and Fertilizer Subsidies in Indonesia......Page 82 Deterioration of Tank Irrigation Systems and Poverty in India......Page 101 Agricultural Technology and Children’s Occupational Choice in the Philippines......Page 114 A Panel Data Model for the Assessment of Farmer Field Schools in Thailand......Page 138 About the Editors and Contributors......Page 153 Index......Page 159 "Agriculture in Developing Countries: Technology Issues presents an experimental approach of testing new possibilities and combinations to match the changes taking place in the agricultural production environment of developing countries. While emphasizing the importance of combining scientific and indigenous knowledge, this book argues that sustained agricultural development can be achieved only by promoting farmers' participation in technology development. It provides empirical evidence for this, using recent primary data from across Asia." "This book would be of immense value to students, teachers and researchers in the field of development and agricultural economics, development administration, technology transfer and sustainable development."--BOOK JACKET