5. Frequently programmed multidisciplinary
 re-evaluation of research activities and
 information to do the following:
 a. Redefine partitioning of recommendation domains
 b. Make recommendations of acceptable technology for
 dissemination into specified recommendation
 domains
 c. Introduce feedback into the sequential process
 d. Serve as a basis for planning future work

6. Promotion of acceptable technology throughout
 appropriate recommendation domain(s)

In many ways, this sequence parallels what farmers have
always done. Farmers manage a complex set of biological
processes which transform the resources at their disposal
into useful products, either for home consumption or for
sale or trade. The choice of crop and livestock
enterprises and the methods and timing of cultivation,
husbandry, and harvesting are determined not only by
physical and biological constraints, but also by economic
and sociopolitical factors which make up the larger milieu
within which the farmers operate. Conceptually, there are
many sets of choices and outcomes which would have direct
consequences on the welfare of farm families.
 Within this complex milieu, through a process of
trial and error and over a number of seasons or
generations, farmers move toward appropriate technologies
and allocations of resources, given their specific
objectives. While the choices available to each farmer
are different, those with similar sets of resources and
constraints tend to make similar choices as to crops,
livestock, and management practices. Those who have
responded in similar ways can be grouped together into
homogeneous farming systems. The current technology they
are using, which has evolved over a long period of time,
will be similar within these similar groups.
 FSR/E brings scientific method and additional
expertise to bear on this process of problem
identification and technology generation. Teams of
scientists from different disciplines, working with
farmers, can speed up the process and make it more
efficient in responding to a rapidly changing world. The
on-farm trials (3b and 3c, above), represent a sequence