Knowledge Center Catalog

Local cover image
Local cover image

Training in farming systems research : review and prospects

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticleLanguage: English Publication details: United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 1990.Description: 1 microficheISSN:
  • 1469-4441 (Online)
  • 0014-4797
Subject(s): Online resources: In: Experimental Agriculture v. 26, no. 3, p. 247-262611980, 625518Summary: A wide variety of training activites has been carried out related to farming systems research (FSR). The majority have had one or more of the following objectives: to introduce the farming systems perspective, to teach new research methods, and to promote the institutionalization of FSR. Many of these objectives are important, but FSR training is not usefully seen as a separate field of endeavour. The goals of FSR training will be better served by reconsidering the roles of universities, national research institutions, and international institutions.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Article CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection CIS-1463 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 611980
Article CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection CIS-1463 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 625518
Total holds: 0

Peer review

Peer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0014-4797

Tables, references p. 260

A wide variety of training activites has been carried out related to farming systems research (FSR). The majority have had one or more of the following objectives: to introduce the farming systems perspective, to teach new research methods, and to promote the institutionalization of FSR. Many of these objectives are important, but FSR training is not usefully seen as a separate field of endeavour. The goals of FSR training will be better served by reconsidering the roles of universities, national research institutions, and international institutions.

Text in English

*J|R100ECO|EP|MP|EconomicsPubs

Click on an image to view it in the image viewer

Local cover image

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) © Copyright 2021.
Carretera México-Veracruz. Km. 45, El Batán, Texcoco, México, C.P. 56237.
If you have any question, please contact us at
CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org