Unit 1 Agricultural Extension in Developing CountriesText A Problems and Ideas in Agricultural Extension 1
Text B Training Agricultural Extension Workers 10
Text C Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations 20
Unit 2 Management Planning and Policy 34
Text A Managing Agricultural Extension 34
Text B Programme Planning 51
Text C Group Promoters in Rural Development 68
Unit 3 Farmer-1ed Extension 78
Text A Concepts and Practices in Farmer-led Extension 78
Text B Roles and Responsibilities in Farmer-to-farmer Extension(1) 88
Text C Roles and Responsibilities in Farmer-to-farmer Extension(2) 97
Unit 4 Issues and Problems in Farmer-to-farmer ExtensionText A Selection of Farmer-extensionists 107
Text B Payment and Time Allocation 115
Text C Other Issues and Problems 127
Unit 5 Understanding How Gender Affects Agricultural ProductionText A Gender Factors and Women's Roles in Agriculture 131
Text B Constraints Women Farmers Face:Barriers to Access(1) 141
Text C Constraints Women Farmers Face:Barriers to Access(2) 147
Unit 6 Improving the Delivery of Extension to Women FarmersText A Gender in Agricultural Extension 155
Text B Communicating with Farmers 169
Text C Monitoring and Evaluation 178
Unit 7 Pest Control in Growing Vegetables and FruitsText A Natural Methods for the Prevention of Pests in Cultivated Plants 181
Text B Natural Methods of Pest Control 198
Text C Pesticides 210
Unit 8 Poultry 219
Text A Poultry in Context 219
Text B Integration of Poultry Production into Agricultural Systems in the Tropics 227
Text C Marketing Poultry Products 235
Unit 9 The Wheels of Trade 247
Text A Developing Markets for Business Services 247
Text B Setting the Terms of Discussion:A Model for the Delivery of BDS 257
Text C A Fresh Analysis of a Traditional Approach 266
Unit 10 Farming for the Future 274
Text A Sustainable Agriculture 274
Text B Agricultural Research and Extension 285
Text C Additional Options for LEIA 294
Unit 11 LEISA in Perspective(1) 301
Text A In Search of Sustainability 301
Text B Processes That Cause Change and Affect Sustainability 307
Text C Is Agricultural Intensification Ecologically Sustainable？ 316
Unit 12 LEISA in Perspective(2) 326
Text A Different Expressions of LEISA 326
Text B Participatory Learning,Planning and Action toward LEISA 333
Text C Building Bridges to LEISA 341
Key to Exercises 347
Bibliography 369