Dr. Juan Flavier says that to help farmers and rural communities, one must listen intently and understand their ways. This includes their accumulated folk wisdom, their economic circumstances, and their informal networks.

The biggest pitfall is to impose one's way of life, standards, and preconceptions.

This book is part of an eight-book series: Doctor to the Barrios: Experiences with the Philippine Rural RecontructionMovement (1970); My Friends in the Barrio (1974); Back to the Barrios: Balikbaryo (1978); Parables of the Barrio: Vol I (1988); Parables of the Barrios Vol. II, Nos. 51-100 (1989); Parables of the Barrio: Vol. III, Nos. 101-150 (1991); Let's DOH it!: How We Did It (1998); and From the Barrio to Senado: An Autobiography (2009).

Juan Flavier (1935-2014) was a Filipino physician and politician. He served as secretary of Health under President Fidel V. Ramos from 1992 to 1995 and was later elected to the Senate, serving from 1995 to 2007.

Publisher:
New Day Publishers, Philippines

Publication Date:
1978 (Reprinted 2011)

Format:
Softcover / 7.00 x 5.00 inches / 150 pages / BW

Language:
English

ISBN: 971-10-0870-X