Perfected yet rejected

Animal-drawn wheeled toolcarriers:
Perfected yet Rejected
by 
Paul Starkey
161 pages, 85 plates, 25 line drawings, 200 references
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Perfected yet rejected: animal-drawn wheeled toolcarriers. 161p. ISBN 3-528-02034-2
Polyculteur
à traction animale: Bien conçu - mal perçu. 192p. ISBN 3-528-02071-7
Policultores de tração animal: perfeitos porém
rejeitados. 152p.

The book provides an illustrated history of three decades of research, development and promotion of animal-drawn wheeled toolcarriers. These implements have been universally hailed as "successful" and yet farmer adoption has been extremely disappointing. Experiences in more than thirty different countries around the world are described and analysed, with information derived from national authorities, donor-assisted research and development projects and past and present manufacturers. The 100 photographs and drawings illustrate many features of fifty designs developed in Africa, Europe, India and Latin America. It is argued that repeated disappointments could have been avoided had there been more open discussion and more farmer involvement in research. What starts as a specific analysis relating to animal traction, broadens in scope, so that general lessons that are relevant to many current research and development organisations are highlighted.

A well-researched, thought-provoking book that should be read not just by those concerned with animal traction, but by those concerned with agricultural development in the third world.
Draught Animal News
This is a fascinating piece of investigative history that should be read by anyone who has ideas about teaching the Third World how to farm.
Agricultural History Review
This unusual book deserves wide readership.
International Agricultural Development
This is a very important book.
Agricultural Engineer

Perfected yet rejected: animal-drawn wheeled toolcarriers. GTZ, Eschborn and Vieweg, Braunschweig, Germany. 161p. ISBN 3-528-02034-2

Polyculteur à traction animale: Bien conçu
- mal perçu. GTZ, Eschborn and Vieweg, Braunschweig, Germany. 192p. ISBN 3-528-02071-7

Policultores de tração animal: perfeitos porém
rejeitados. Assessoria e Serviços a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and GTZ, Eschborn, Germany. 152p.

Published for
German Appropriate Technology Exchange
(a division of GTZ) by:
Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
Price from GATE: EUR 12.30 (English) EUR 12.50 (French)
German Appropriate Technology Exchange (GATE),
GTZ, Postfach 5180, D-65726 Eschborn, Germany
Phone + 49 6196-794213; Fax + 49 6196-797352 http://www.gtz.de/gate/
gate@gtz.de or Gate-Id@gtz.de  Internet www.gtz.de/gate

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Download individual chapters

For researchers and development workers who need to access to this publication, the various chapters are available to download. Some chapters contain many photographs, and the file sizes are quite large.

Chapter 1: Summary  
Chapter 2: Introduction to Wheeled Toolcarriers  (3.5MB)
Chapter 3: Early experience in Africa 1955-1975  (5MB)
Chapter 4: Experience in India 1961-1986
Chapter 5: Initiatives in Africa 1976-1986  
Chapter 6: Experience in Latin America 1979-1986  (2.4MB)
Chapter 7: Observations on the Wheeled toolcarrier programmes and reports  
Chapter 8: Implications, Lessons and Conclusions  (2MB)
References and Acronyms  (1.5MB)

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