Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development

<p><em>Reluctant Partners?</em> combines comprehensive empirical insights into NGOs' work in agriculture with wider considerations of their relations with the State and their contribution to democratic pluralism. This overview volume for the <em>Non-Governmental Organizations</em> series contextualizes and synthesizes the case study material in the three regional volumes on Africa Asia and Latin America where over sixty specially commissioned case studies of farmer-participatory approaches to agricultural innovation are presented.<br>Specific questions are raised. How good/bad are NGOs at promoting technological innovation and addressing contraints to change in peasant culture? How effective are NGOs at strengthening local organizations? How do/will donor pressures influence NGOs and their links to the State?</p>