Supporting Small-scale Farmers and Rural Organisations: Learning from Experiences in West Africa

Foreword 7

Introduction 9

Part one: Procédures 17

Chapter I. Local planning 19

Chapter II. Diagnosis 3 9

Chapter III. On-farm expérimentation 6 9

Chapter IV Monitoring and évaluation 91

Part two: The Tools 115

Chapter V Training of farmers 117

Chapter VI. The farmers' organisation 141

Chapter VII. Contacts between role-players 161

Part three: The Fields of Intervention 179

ChapterVIII. Extension services and farm management advice 181

Chapter EX. Natural resources management 20 5

Chapter X. Product management 22 5

Chapter XI. Management of collective assets and facilities 24 3

Chapter XII. Financing local development 271

ChapterXÏÏI. Women and development 291

ChapterXTV The non-agricultural sector 307