Session 10.FROM PROBLEM SOLVING TO SOLUTION AUGMENTING STRATEGIES:

  • Farmers innovations for sustainable agriculture
  • Ecopreneurship at grassroots level
  • Networks of innovators: case of Honey Bee network

Essential Readings:

1.Biggs, Stephen D., “Informal R&D”, Ceres Vol. No. 76, July- August, 1980.
2.Gupta, A. K.1989. Maps drawn by farmers and extensionists. In Chambers, Robert et. al. (Ed), Farmer First: Farmer Innovation and Agricultural Research, London Intermediate Technology Publication, 1989, pp. 86-92.
3.Gupta, A. K. 2000. Grassroots Innovations for Survival, ILEIA Newsletter, Vol.16, No.2