The agricultural ministries, local agricultural extension staff and NGOs, universities and agricultural research institutions and local governments can play an important role in facilitating this essential linkage between the two worlds consciously adopting capacity building, participatory learning, collaborative management and gender sensitive approaches, which will serve to fill gaps in farmer and scientific knowledge. It is suggested that, there is the urgent need to increase farmer participation and the inclusion of farmer perspectives in the national agricultural development planning and policy formulation processes to sustain small farm productivity.