A Farmers Handbook

René Fischer

A Publication of Deutsches Zentrum für Entwicklungstechnologien - GATE

A division of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, 1995

The author: René Fischer studied agriculture and animal science at ETH Zürich. He first became involved with draft animals in the North West Province, Cameroon, where he wrote the first edition of this book. He continued with GTZ at the Agricultural Engineering Training Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe, an in-service training centre for agricultural extension staff and has worked for the last seven years in Tanga Region, Tanzania, managing the Regional Draft Animal Project. At the present, he is a freelance consultant for animal traction technology, project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation based at Tanga, Tanzania.

ISBN 3-528-02084-9