Farmer-led organizations for natural resource management in the tropics

Abstract

Reversing global land degradation is about better and simpler technologies, national policies, and much more. But ultimately i t is about rural people and their institutions. The prospect for reversing tropical land degradation in the next century will be greatly enhanced by t he evolution of real farmer-led community organizations that take charge and transform the way research and extension in land management are done. Broad-based evidence for this is beginning to emerge. This is part of a historical process toward people taking back greater control of their futures through decentralization, democracy, and local leadership