Subject(s): Agricultural innovations in Developing countries. -- Sustainable agriculture in Developing countries. -- Farms, Small in Developing countries. -- Low external-input technology (LEIT) and agricultural development, examples of LEIT and farmer focused development strategies, soil and water management, labour/labor, information and agricultural technology -- Impact of LEIT- evidence from literature- poverty focus of low external input technology, economic incentives, human capital, political movements in support of LEIT, social capital and information flow, learning from success- revisitingexperiences of LEIT adoption by hillside farmers in central honduras, conservation of committee- catchment approach to soil and water conservation in Kenya, national soil and water conservation program, soil and water conservation, social capital -- outcome of farmer field schools in southern Sri Lanka- integrate pest management, farmer field schools, trajectory of low external input agriculture