Science and technology for the rural farmer

Abstract

THE SERIES of ICIPE Annual Public Lectures are devoted to the general theme of ''The Status of Insect Science in the Tropical World". In it, ·the IClPE Director examines, each year, the problems and progress of insect scientific research in all its many manifestations, hut especially in the way it contributes to national development in Tropical Africa. The ICIPE is interested in investigating new frontiers of insect sciences, in using this knowledge to design novel met~ods for pest control over a long-term basis, and in building up the capabilities of ilhe African scientific community in meeting these challenges. On Wednesday, 4th June 1975, the inaugural lecture in this series was delivered on, "This is a Dudu World". The second address, delivered on Wednesday, 9th June 1976, Professor Thomas R. Odhiambo explored the problems associated with "National Scientific Capabilities. In this third lecture, on "Science and Technology for the Rural Farmer", Professor Odhiambo is concerned with the technological problems facing the small farmer in !the rural community in the tropics, and the dearth of scientific knowledge and can help 'him to overcome these deficiences.