01286 2200229 4500001002100000005001500021007000300036008004100039020001800080035002000098082001500118084002100133100001800154245005800172250000600230260010200236300002800338520061900366650004200985650001301027990001601040INLIS00000000000057820240730084816ta240730 g 0 eng  a0-85199-405-9 a0010-0124000307 a631:303.02 a631:303.02 COL a0 aCollinson, M.1 aA History of Farming Systems Research /cM. Collinson a- aWallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK :bFood and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations,c1999 axii, 421 hlm ;c24,5 cm aAs President of the Association for Farming Systems Research and Extension (AFSRE-now the International Farming Systems Association (IFSA)) when the book was commissioned, I am delighted to contribute a foreword to this his- tory of farming systems research (FSR) and its applications, seeing it as an opportunity to offer a personal account of my own love affair with FSR. It mirrors, in many respects, the sequence of the text itself a retrospective on my own baptism; a focus on what are, for me. key aspects of FSR; the progress made and challenges remaining; and my own perceptions of some key lessons learned 4aAgriculture systems--Research History 4aRak Umum a00000000668