Session 7. MODELS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

Essential Readings:
1. Farmers’ Innovations and Agricultural Technologists: Building Sustainable Links, Presented at International Symposium on Strategies For Sustainable Mountain Agriculture, September 10-14, 1990, ICIMOD, Nepal. Published in Sustainable Mount Agriculture, entitled, “Farmer’s Innovations and Agricultural Technologies” (Eds.N.S.Jodha, M.Banskota and Tej Partap), Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd., New Delhi. pp. 393-412., 1992.
2. Cowan, Tadlock, 2000, Precision Agriculture: A Primer, Washington DC, CRS, Washington: The National Council for Science and the Environment.
www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/ Agriculture/ag-97.cfm
3. Gupta, A. K. and Bansal, Y. 1988. Model of Technology generation and diffusion: A Review.

Desirable Reading:
4. Gupta, A. K. 1990. Scientist’s view of farmers’ practices in India: Barriers to effective interaction. In “Farmer First, Farmer innovation and agricultural research” edited by Robert Chambers, Arnold Pacey, and Lori Ann Thrupp. pp 24-30, 1989. A slightly abridged version is published in Rural Finance, 1990, 3 (1), pp. 24-31.
5. Lele, Sharachchandra, “Sustainable Development: A Critical Review”, World Development, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1991, pp. 607- 621.
6. Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development… Concept, Canada: IISD, www.iisd1.iisd.ca/ic/info/ss9507.htm
7. Srinivasan , A. Relevance of Precision farming Technologies to Sustainable Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific. Ph. D. Research work.
www.geocities.com/ancha_s/thaipaper.html
8. Rhoades, R. Contextualising Sustainability for Mountain Agriculture. www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet/socio/rhoades.htm

9. 2000. Sustainable Agriculture and Globalised Economy. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Moving to Sustainable Agricultural development through the Modernization of Agriculture and Employment in a Globilized Economy. Geneva, 18-22 September, 2000.
www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ sector/techmeet/tmad00/tmad-r.pdf