1. From the editors

   • Lori Ann Thrupp
   • Richard Haynes

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 3

2. Participatory research and the race to save the planet: Questions, critique, and lessons from the field

   • Dianne E. Rocheleau

   OriginalPaper Pages: 4 - 25

3. Farmers and researchers: The road to partnership

   • Deborah Merrill-Sands
   • Marie-Hélène Collion

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 37

4. Extending the horizons of agricultural research and extension: Methodological challenges

   • Andrea Cornwall
   • Irene Guijt
   • Alice Welbourn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 38 - 57

5. Challenging the populist perspective: Rural people's knowledge, agricultural research, and extension practice

   • John Thompson
   • Ian Scoones

   OriginalPaper Pages: 58 - 76

6. Mini-announcements

   Announcement Pages: 76 - 76

7. Participatory methods in planning & political processes: Linking the grassroots & policies for sustainable development

   • Lori Ann Thrupp
   • Bruce Cabarle
   • Aaron Zazueta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 84

8. Studying pastoral women's knowledge in milk processing and marketing — for whose empowerment?

   • Ann Waters-Bayer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 95

9. Meeting announcement and call for papers

   Announcement Pages: 95 - 95

10. Transforming extension for sustainable agriculture: The case of integrated pest management in rice in Indonesia

    • Niels Röling
    • Elske van de Fliert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 96 - 108

11. Participation, empowerment, and farmer evaluations: A comparative analysis of IPM technology generation in Nicaragua

    • Kristen C. Nelson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 125

12. Exploring the theory and practice of participatory research in US sustainable agriculture: A case study in insect pest management

    • Jeff W. Dlott
    • Miguel A. Altieri
    • Mas Masumoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 126 - 139

13. Facts, fantasies, and failures of farmer participatory research

    • Jeffery W. Bentley

    OriginalPaper Pages: 140 - 150

14. Call for papers

    Announcement Pages: 150 - 150

15. Participatory methods and empowerment in rural development: Lessons from two experimental workshops with a Chilean NGO

    • Thomas O. Sikor

    In the Field Pages: 151 - 158

16. Farmer participatory approaches to achieve fodder security in south Indian villages

    • B. Rajasekaran
    • D. Michael Warren
    • Suresh Chandra Babu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 167

17. Staff decision making patterns, village leadership performance, and local institutionalization processes in agricultural and rural development programs

    • V. G. Dhanakumar
    • Boyd Rossing

    OriginalPaper Pages: 168 - 177

18. Science and people: Honduran campesinos and natural pest control inventions

    • Jeffery W. Bentley
    • Gonzalo Rodríguez
    • Ana González

    OriginalPaper Pages: 178 - 182

19. Books received

    BookReview Pages: 183 - 183

20. Call for papers

    Announcement Pages: 184 - 184