Engineering
4 years ago

Unplanned farmer contributions revolutionize irrigation design in developing countries.

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Second approximations: unplanned farmer contributions to irrigation design
D. L. Vermillion

Paper Summary

The article discusses how farmers contribute unplanned ideas to the design of irrigation systems. Researchers explored this topic at a workshop in Thailand in 1989. They found that farmers' input can improve irrigation systems.

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