Seeds and synergies innovating rural development in China (Practical Action Pub., 2010)
Includes bibliographical references [p. 123-129] and index
Searching for synergy / Song Yiching and Ronnie Vernooy -- Maize and the formal agricultural research and development system : evolution, challenges and alternatives / Zhang Shihuang, Huang Kaijian and Song Yiching -- Farmers' changing livelihood strategies in rural Guangxi / Song Yiching, Wang Xiufen, Li Jingsong, and Ronnie Vernoy -- Seeds of inspiration : breathing new life into the formal agriculutrual research and development system / Song Yiching ... et al. -- Farmer cooperation and organization : new challenges, new networks, new identities / Yang Huan, with Gao Xiaowei and Li Jingsong -- Changing rural development in China / Ronnie Vernooy and Song Yiching
The many connections that "seeds" have or can lead to for improving rural livelihoods and quality of life are fascinating and worth in-depth examination. Norman Uphoff, Cornell University Policy makers and plant breeders should read this! Janice Jiggins, Wageningen University & Research Centre Farmers and researchers too often live and work in different realities. Researchers breed plant hybrids in the laboratory that are successful only under ideal conditions, requiring just the right inputs of water, fertilizer, and pesticides. For resource-poor farmers, however, such conditions simply don't