Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970828183135.11481O-100000@travelers.mail.cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 18:38:13 -0400 From: mailto:cgg2@CORNELL.EDU Subject: New Book: Farmer-to-Farmer Extension: Lessons from the Field To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
************** BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT ***************FARMER-TO-FARMER EXTENSION: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
by Daniel Selener, Jacqueline Chenier, Raul Zelaya et al. 1997. IIRR: New York. 150 pp. (Available in English and Spanish).
This book is the result of two workshops, one in Honduras and another in Ecuador, that were conducted to document and analyze the experiences of several rural development projects, using the "farmer-to-farmer" extension methodology.
It is important to emphasize that most of the information contained in the book is from the farmer promoters (*) points of view, based on many years of their practical experience working in farmer-to-farmer programs.
The description and analysis presented offers a broad set of experiences. This information can be analyzed and adapted by the reader to his/her own project, according to the context, project philosophy, objectives, and available resources, among others.
The book contents are:
PART I:
DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE FARMER-TO-FARMER METHODOLOGY
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Characteristics of farmer promoters Chapter 3: What is the work of farmer promoters? Chapter 4: How do farmer promoters do their work? Chapter 5: Selection of farmer promoters Chapter 6: Generalist and specialist farmer promoters Chapter 7: Work location: in their community or in other communities Chapter 8: Volunteer, part-time, and full-time farmer promoters Chapter 9: Salaries and job incentives for farmer promoters Chapter 10: Training and technical assistance for farmer promoters Chapter 11: Relationship between extension agents and farmer promoters Chapter 12: Women farmer promoters Chapter 13: Some final considerations
PART II: CASE STUDIES
Chapters 14 to 18 present 5 case studies from Mexico, Nicaragua and Ecuador.
This book is especially useful for people working in different kinds of projects (agriculture, health, education, community development, etc.) following participatory approaches to rural development.
HOW TO ORDER:
Orders must be prepaid. The cost of the FARMER-TO-FARMER book is 15 US dollars, postage included. Please send check in US Dollars payable to IIRR, issued from a bank located in the US; or send check in any European currency (equivalent to 15 U$S) issued from a bank located in Europe. Mail checks to:
IIRR Apartado Postal 17-08-8494 Quito, ECUADOR (South America)
If you need further information you can contact us at:
FAX: (593-2) 443 763 or e-mail: mailto:daniel@iirr.ecx.ec
(*) Farmer promoters are also known by a number of other names including: paraprofessionals, community educators or instructors, rural promoters, farmer extension agents, local facilitators, community promoters, indigenous facilitators, and village extensionists, among others.