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This paper argues for altering the predominant notion of which factors are variables and which are fixed or given in agricultural research. Instead of the current inclination to see technologies as given and the conditions under which they are used as variable (assuming that in due time poor people gain access to credit, better land, and so forth), agricultural research should consider technologies as the variable factor. Agricultural research should aim at developing technologies that can be usefully employed given the existing, often adverse, conditions. Thus, it should target technology development towards farmers', and especially poor farmers' resource endowments. (DÜI-Hff)

The purpose of this brief note is to provide guidelines for the screening of local governments. In doing so choices among different options for implementation arrangements are made explicit and "effectiveness, participation, sustainability and accountability" are promoted. (DÜI-Hff)

This book developed as part of the international conference of the 20 years of the Arusha Declaration in 1986. It is divided into four parts. The introduction covers the discussion of the political events that took place after the international conference from 1986 to 1990. Part I consists of official speeches. Part II looks at the problem of the state and the Arusha Declaration while Part III examines the economic and social development of Tanzania. Part IV comprises the summary of the papers presented and ensuing debates. Two positions emerged during the debates. On the one hand, some of the participants argued that there was need to take into consideration both the development experience which Tanzania has gained and the prevailing constraint, and called for the Declaration to be revised. Other participants, on the other hand, argued that the Declaration was still relevant and that it should be retained in its original tenor. (DÜI-Hff)