Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture

Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture: Improving Livelihoods and Sustainability is an invaluable resource focussing on the current state of knowledge and scientific advances about the complex and intertwined issues of innovation and how they relate to livelihood of small-scale farmers. This book exposes readers with a holistic overview on how agriculture is most associated with the development and transfer of technologies to farmers and their participation in research and development initiatives to improve the relevancy and usefulness of its outputs and innovation which is not well documented. The book offers comprehensive coverage of the most essential topics, including:Recent scientific advances on agricultural innovations for small farmers.Emphasizes on opportunities and constraints of techno-institutional paradigms.Highlight low-cost and eco-friendly interventions.Case studies on various innovations in agriculture spanning the different agricultural gamut.