Assessing the Impact of Resource Conserving Technologies in the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Identifying Agricultural Knowledge Systems and Overcoming Blockages to Enhance Uptake of Agricultural Technologies to Optimise Pro-Poor Development

Abstract

A technical review and planning workshop was held on 5-7 May 2004 in Dhaka, Bangladesh under the DFID/CABI funded project ‘Reaping the Benefits - Assessing the Impact and Facilitating the Uptake of Resource Conserving Technologies in the Rice Wheat Systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain’. This report covers: the purpose of the workshop and list of participants livelihood impact assessments: team presentations understanding the causes of inequitable access knowledge mapping: team presentations facilitating equitable access: looking at alternative approaches team work on unblocking knowledge pathways action planning for output 2 workshop outcomes and concluding remarks There are 6 other reports associated with this work: Bangladesh Report Nepal Report India’s Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology Report India’s Banaras Hindu University Report Pakistan’s Report Report on Biological Aspects, Bangladesh, Nepal, India