A NEW RESEARCH APPROACH FOR

TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE


 Sie s Ixgiinmng. Cl (om)riltted rtselft o iin rease
agr< ulitiral prMfuctiofl ard improve the prodw utivltv and wellberrg of
the people in dic rural arcas.  hs would he achieved by using the
 ~<ic itit 1W!h fi as arr ete t xe~ >1 l< genrat, me appr opiate ard
C( >MOMlI CIl1x lav mm bmN tc( h mrolog. that w uild no t minvo lve a larger- risk
Yo the target gr r mul br wluamm 1 he ter hnoIogy v~muid1 be generated. [he
nlost rlekvarni Islx.(Is w hin r hs nexs approach arre the toll(>wing (Ortiz,


1 A thorough kti<m edgee of  he agr()-o -i(>reroiioiytt u orditions of"the
 I.rrmr i iegion wugmnm W>I( er qLuire, anrd ti is obtarwd by
 Inreglarmmg bnohiglual uild s4)4 al stiemrtisis 111 regional rnulti-
 fmsrpl m am manis that ideunutiv tarrncrs' resource asid constraints,
 in yr<lttm l<, gerieraLe appropriate techitolop~ tor those conditions.

2 musie mmi re rescarett activines would l*- moved otT experiment
 -.itax>lls lo fanusl where they are to be conducted under the
 tjrrnwr-i condiunlt. New teehit<)Iog l, then generated under
 bu~nnsse<ti conditions. giving at reiaahiiv ini terms o 'f
 atmuum,..eue~asid precistor sinme trw variability wisthsi aid-


 fu lit- I. mmem <1 fartivers ml fl thr phases <>1 the techrriology
 mUO >MNWmmm mrimess. g-ivirig themn tic main role in the final stages
 ~l% alar.umru new cchnologies, here, they decide whether t.he
 #t,thriookgie. se wr ttepied or rejected and their decision is to be
 respected Ibhis s dhwnao and mosa important chauige from
 t1ie pfvums al3pr'ach.

 1( 1 N'tu ak d1d not consider techrrou(gy getieratk)n as the ull-
 .r ~ ~ te *tjm rr< tliat the mrlstitutional conimitnient should also
 mt m e l(d prl mInm j>racttue. irarisference procedures and