THE MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITIEE'S EXPERIENCE IN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION IN BANGLADESH 1973 TO 1990

Jerry Buckland and Peter Grahem

No 295617, Overseas Development Institute Archive from Overseas Development Institute

Abstract: Since beginning work as a voluntary non-government development organization in Bangladesh in 1970, Mennonite Central Committee's (MCC) technically qualified volunteers and staff have conducted farmer participatory research and collaborated with government researchers and institutions for agricultural development. MCC achieved limited success in communicating the needs and constraints of marginal farmers to government researchers and institutions, and likewise had limited success in adapting government research to the subsistence farmer context. The paper documents the evolution of MCC's Agriculture Programme, describes MCC's agricultural research .and extension effort and impact, discusses MCC's procedure for setting research agenda, presents case studies of collaborative efforts, and indicates possible MCC directions for the future.

Keywords: Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 64
Date: 1990-12
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.295617

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