Chambers, R.Jiggins, J.2016-04-192016-04-191987Agricultural Administration and Extension 27(1): 35-52http://hdl.handle.net/10919/68292Metadata only recordIn this article, the authors argue that there are specific environmental, political, social, and methodological constraints facing resource-poor farmers which impede their agricultural productivity. Consequently, the authors suggest, there must be a reevaluation of agricultural research and the strategies used to transfer technology to farmers. Instead of scientists determining priorities and appropriate technologies, research should facilitate the farmers' selection of issues and responses.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightExtension serviceFarming systemsTechnology transferResource-poor farmersAbstractCopyright Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd, England 1987.https://doi.org/10.1016/0269-7475(87)90008-0