10 pages., Researchers investigated empowerment in the context of two strategies, Integrated Weed Management and Integrated Pest Management. Findings suggested: "With the rise of chemical resistance, the agricultural industry has placed considerable emphasis on the need to accelerate and achieve farmer adoption if IWM and IPM, but our evidence suggests that greater emphasis should be given to understanding the socio-cultural factors that affect farmer decision making. Farmer empowerment emerged as a core concept from the data."
Wanyama, J.W. (author), Amudavi, D.M. (author), Khan, Z.R. (author), Njuguna, E.M. (author), Midega, C.A.O. (author), and Pickett, J.A. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2007-05
Published:
Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00410
Notes:
Pages 358-370 in proceedings of the 23rd annual meeting of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Polson, Montana, May 20-24, 2007.
Via website.
Fromm, Ingrid (author), Muller, Irene (author), and Guenat, Dominique (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2010-09-14
Published:
Kyrgyzstan
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30730
Notes:
Presented at Tropentag 2010, Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2010. 1 page.
