"This manual is the outcome of 2 workshops organized in 1979 by the TG-AEP, a German sponsored development project in Thailand. The aim of this manual is first to create confidence and the belief among small farmers that they can improve their living conditions through their own actions. This can be done through stimulating small farmers to discuss their problems and find solutions to them. Development, in this sense, is considered to be a process of education and the field worker or development worker acts as a catalyst or facilitator. It is necessary for the field worker to know and to understand the structure of Thai society and the problems small farmers face. Part 1 of the manual provides such information whereas the second part deals specifically with the requirements for training and techniques and methods of "how to work with farmers" and how to deal with some of the problems and constraints of self-help organizations." --Publisher.