Sam Fujisaka. 1993. A pessimistic glance at farmers’ use of green manures in Asia. Paper presented for Métodos Participatorios de Investigación y Extensión que Puedan Utilizarse en la Generación y Diffusión de Technologías Basadas en los Abonos Verdes, 1-4 march, 1993, Catemarco, Veracruz, México.

Keywords: farmer adoption of green manures, upland farmers adopt contour hedgerows but reject the use of woody species of green manure, farmers traditional use of indigo Indigofera indicata that was

traditionally used to produce a dye is dying out, for green manures to be adopted labor must be reduced and inorganic fertilizer cost must be high