Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development (Non-Governmental Organizations series) - Softcover

"'This is the first major study of its kind, a landmark in our understanding of new institutional potential in agricultural development. Its conclusions deserve to be studied by all who are concerned with agricultural development in the South, whether as policy makers, researchers, practitioners or teachers.." -Robert Chambers ." . . sheds much light on NGOs' potentials and limitations in the agricultural sector. Since most of the world's poor continue to depend on agriculture for their sustenance, this examination is especially welcome." -Norman Uphoff, Cornell University

Combines comprehensive empirical insights into NGOs' work in agriculture with wider considerations of their relations with the State and their contribution to democratic pluralism in Africa, Asia and Latin America.