Developing agricultural solutions with smallholder farmers - how to get started with participatory approaches

This booklet is the third in the CIAT in Asia Research for Development series. It was based on the experiences of researchers and farmers working with the AusAID-funded Forages for Smallholders Project (FSP) in Southeast Asia from 1995 to 1999. This project was a partnership of smallholder farmers, development workers and researchers who were using participatory approaches to developing forage technologies on farms.

Herein the booklet described a participatory approach that was used by 'specialist' development workers in Southeast Asia to help smallholders integrate forages onto their farms.