farmers’. Hence, there is need to develop “need-based” capacity building of small-scale men and women farmers, as well as … reaching small-scale and marginal farmers. The present study tries to analyze the role played by public sector institutions in …

An estimated 85% of Afghanistan’s population lives in rural areas, most of which are resource poor farmers whose …

are presented below. Upstream. First, potato production in Bihar is largely in the hands of smallholders: farmers from the … smallest half of potato producers cultivate 0.5 acres of potato. This compares to 1.8 acres for farmers from the largest group …. Second, farmers suffer from an important late blight disease problem. Actual potato yields in 2009 were two-thirds lower than …

Livestock production, especially dairy, has long been an important activity for smallholder and resource-poor farmers … water–become scarcer. Fodder scarcity affects most farmers but is particularly acute for landless and those with access to … farmers are smallholders having one or two local-breed milch animals, which are raised on crop residues and natural pastures …

-educated, well-trained and well-organized Agricultural extension manpower, around 60% of farmers in the country still remain … are at the front line in the battle: the farmers, in both developed and developing countries. At the same time …, information alone is not enough, but appropriate communications systems are needed to ensure that information come to farmers in …

come forward and develop fodder storage facilities at different locations in different regions, so that farmers could store …