Social scientists in agricultural research: Lessons from the Mantaro Valley project, Peru

Horton, D.E. (1984) Social scientists in agricultural research: Lessons from the Mantaro Valley project, Peru. Documentation. lnternational Development Research Centre, Canada.

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Abstract

From 1977-1980, the International Potato Center (UP) implemented a program of interdisciplinary farm-level research in the Mantaro Valley of highland Peru. Anthropologists, economists, sociologists, plant physiologists, agronomists, pathologists, and entomologists were involved. The three main objectives of the program were to (1) sensitize UP and national-program scientists to the value of on-farm research, (2) develop and field test procedures for on-farm research with potatoes, and (3) train national-program personnel in the use of on-farm research techniques...

Item Type: Monograph (Documentation)
Author Affiliation: Economist, International Potato Center (CIP), Lima, Peru
Subjects: Agricultural Engineering
Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics
Divisions: Maize
Millet
Sorghum
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2013 08:17
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2013 08:17
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/11896

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