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Training in Farming Systems Research: Review and Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Robert Tripp  and
Jonathan Woolley
Robert Tripp
Affiliation:
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Apartado Postal 6-641, 06600 México, DF, México
Jonathan Woolley
Affiliation:
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Apartado Postal 6-641, 06600 México, DF, México
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Summary

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.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , July 1990 , pp. 247 - 262
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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