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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781555871338
  • 9781685858773
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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
Summary: 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 the rewards of collaborative, interdisciplinary agricultural R&D.
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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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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 the rewards of collaborative, interdisciplinary agricultural R&D.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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