ABSTRACT
This book embodies work stretching over a fifteen year period. As a result· inevitably we are greatly indebted to a number of institutions and a large number of individuals. Over the years considerable administrative and financial help was provided by the Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, the Ministries of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the northern states of Nigeria, the Ford Foundation, and more recently, Kansas State University.
LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF MAPS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ACRONYMS -- 1 INTRODUCTION: FARMING SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES -- 2 THE FARMING SYSTEMS APPROACH TO RESEARCH -- 3 AGROECOLOGY OF THE NIGERIAN SAVANNA -- 4 FARMING COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA -- 5 FARMING SYSTEMS IN THREE ZARIA VILLAGES, NORTHERN NIGERIA -- 6 DIVERSITY AND THE CONTEXT FOR CHANGE IN FARMING SYSTEHS -- 7 IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY: ASSESSING SUITABILITY BY USING A FARMING SYSTEMS APPROACH -- 8 PROMOTING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
