The Social Sciences in International Agricultural Research : : Lessons from the CRSPs /

The Social Sciences in International Agricultural Research : : Lessons from the CRSPs / / ed. by Constance M. McCorkle.

The authors review the history and rationale of the CRSP concept and the basic organizational structure of the five CRSPs represented (Bean/Cowpea, Nutrition, Peanut, Small Ruminant, Sorghum/Millet); present examples of social science contributions to these programs; and discuss the difficulties and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Baksh, Michael G.,
Busch, Lawrence,
Caples, Virginia,
Cattle, Dorothy J.,
Coughenour, C. Milton,
DeWalt, Billie R.,
DeWalt, Kathleen M.,
HerausgeberIn:
McCorkle, Constance M.,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
©1990
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (268 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword: Social Scientists and the CRSPs
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Anthropology, Sociology, and Agricultural R&D
  • 1 Dilemmas of Opportunity: Social Sciences in CRSPs
  • PART 1 Sorghum/Millet CRSP
  • 2 Halfway There: Social Science in Agricultural Development and the Social Science of Agricultural Development
  • 3 Social Science in INTSORMIUs Attack on Hunger in Sudan
  • 4 Agricultural Research in Sudan: The Perspective of INTSORMIL Social Scientists
  • 5 Social Science Approaches to Including Nutrition Research in the International Sorghum/Millet CRSP
  • PART 2 Nutrition CRSP
  • 6 The Program and the Field: Social Science in the Nutrition CRSP
  • 7 Anthropological Contributions to the Study of Malnutrition: The Nutrition CRSP Kenya Project
  • PART 3 Bean/Cowpea CRSP
  • 8 Social Science Contributions to Bean/Cowpea CRSP Research: Profits and Potentials
  • 9 Regional Analysis, Farming Systems, and Social Science: Bean/Cowpea CRSP Experiences in Manabi, Ecuador
  • Part 4 Peanut CRSP
  • 10 Social Science and Food Science Research in the Peanut CRSP
  • PART 5 Small Ruminant CRSP
  • 11 Targeting Production Systems in the Small Ruminant CRSP: A Typology Using Cluster Analysis
  • 12 Veterinary Anthropology in the Small Ruminant CRSP/Peru
  • Part 6 Commentary by Technical Scientists
  • 13 A Plant Breeder's View of Social Sciences in the CRSPs
  • 14 The Interdependence of Social Science and Food Science
  • 15 Social Sciences in Agricultural Research: An Animal Science Perspective
  • 16 The Roles of CRSP Social Scientists in Technology Evaluation and Generation
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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