Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Asia: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development

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ISBN: 9780415088480 | 0415088488
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Copyright: 11/15/1993

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Presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Asia with case material set within the context of NGOs' relations with the state.

List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Background	p. 3
Objectives of the study	p. 9
Study methodology	p. 13
The search for a conceptual framework	p. 16
Definitions	p. 19
Structure of the book	p. 25
The Political Economy of State-NGO Relations
The diversity of the political and economic contexts	p. 29
Government and NGO comparative advantages: illustrations and lessons	p. 35
NGO-Government Interaction in Bangladesh
Overview	p. 47
Proshika's livestock and social forestry programmes	p. 59
The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC): Collaborative trials, soybean research and securing the adoption of appropriate varieties	p. 66
Friends in Village Development, Bangladesh (FIVDB): Improved duck-rearing practices	p. 74
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC): Backyard poultry and landless irrigators programmes	p. 78
Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service - the treadle pump: Manual irrigation for small farmers in Bangladesh	p. 83
CARE's LIFT project: Sustainable techniques for vegetable production	p. 87
NGO-Government Interaction in India
Overview	p. 91
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN): An NGO de-mystifies and scales down technology	p. 102
Action for World Solidarity and integrated pest management of the red-headed hairy caterpillar	p. 110
3Ramakrishna Mission: Research, extension and training in a farming systems context	p. 115
The Aga Khan Rural Support Project (AKRSP): Influencing wasteland development policy	p. 123
The Aga Khan Rural Support Project (AKRSP): Participatory approaches to agricultural training	p. 130
Bharatiya Agro-Industries Foundation (BAIF): Research programmes in livestock production, health and nutrition	p. 136
Greenwork at Auroville: From survival to inter-institutional collaboration	p. 145
Mysore Relief and Development Agency (MYRADA): Participatory rural appraisal and participatory learning methods	p. 152
NGO links with the Karnataka State Watershed Development Cell: MYRADA and the PIDOW project	p. 160
Are NGOs more cost-effective than government in livestock service delivery? A study of artificial insemination in India	p. 169
Government initiatives to collaborate with NGOs in India	p. 174
NGO-Government Interaction in Nepal
Overview	p. 189
An overview of NGOs agricultural activities in Nepal	p. 200
Major agroforestry activities of NGOs in Nepal	p. 203
Nepal Agroforestry Foundation (NAF): Nurseries, training, demonstrations and networking	p. 210
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and NGOs in environmental planning in Nepal	p. 214
United Mission to Nepal's involvement in forestry activities with special reference to the Nepal Coppice Reforestation Programme	p. 219
NGO-Government Interaction in the Philippines
Overview	p. 227
The Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Centre's Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (SALT) research and extension in the Philippines	p. 240
The International Institute for Rural Reconstruction (IIRR): Developing an agroforestry kit	p. 244
Mag-uugmad Foundation's (MFI) experience of upland technology development in the Philippines: Soil and water conservation strategies	p. 248
The Philippines Department of Agriculture's NGO outreach desk	p. 254
The Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau's (ERDB) integrated livestock programme: Working with people's organizations in the Philippines	p. 259
The Philippines Debt-for-Nature Swap Programme	p. 265
NGO-Government Interaction in Indonesia and Thailand
Indonesia overview	p. 273
Thailand overview	p. 275
Indonesia's Institute for Social and Economic Research, Education and Information's (LP3ES) work with small-scale irrigation systems	p. 280
NGO-government collaboration in rice-fish culture in north-east Thailand	p. 285
The Appropriate Technology Association (ATA): Promoting rice-fish farming and biological pesticides	p. 289
'Roles' in NGO-Government Relationships: A Synthesis from the Case Studies
NGO-GO interactions and roles	p. 301
Interactions falling below expectations	p. 315
Policy Implications: Reconciling Diversity with Generalization
Diversity and generalization	p. 325
The Scope for closer NGO-GO links	p. 330
Implications	p. 335
Future prospects	p. 341
References	p. 345
Index	p. 355
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Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Asia: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development

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