{"product_id":"non-governmental-organizations-and-the-state-in-asia-rethinking-roles-in-sustainable-agricultural-development-9780415088480","title":"Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Asia: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Farrington | David J. Lewis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning \u0026amp; Urban Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis presents twenty specially commissioned case studies of farmer participatory approaches to agricultural innovation initiated by NGOs in Asia. Beginning with a broad review of institutional activity at the grassroots, the authors set the case material within the context of NGO relations with the State and their contribution to democratisation and the consolidation of rural civil society.\u003cbr\u003e Specific questions are raised: how good\/bad are NGOs at promoting technological innovation and addressing constraints to change in present agriculture?; how effective are NGOs at strengthening grassroots organizations? and how do\/will donor pressures influence NGOs and their links to the State?\u003cbr\u003e This title is part of a series on \u003cem\u003eNon-Governmental Organizations\u003c\/em\u003e co-ordinated by the Overseas Development Institute. To complete this comprehensive review and critique there are two other regional case study volumes on \u003cem\u003eAfrica\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLatin America\u003c\/em\u003e and an overview volume, \u003cem\u003eReluctant Partners?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46929374642327,"sku":"9780415088480","price":2857.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415088480.webp?v=1771599310","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/non-governmental-organizations-and-the-state-in-asia-rethinking-roles-in-sustainable-agricultural-development-9780415088480","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}