Hunter, Guy (author), Jiggins, Janice (author), and Overseas Development Institute, London, UK; Overseas Development Institute, London, UK
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05324
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, In: Gajendra Singh, J.H. de Goede, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development Technology : an Integrated Approach, June 21-24, 1977, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1977. p. 449-468, This is an abridged version of one of three papers appearing in the recent AAU/ODI publication : Stimulating Local Development. It is concerned with the various kinds and methods of farmer grouping and with criteria by which a choice between different kinds of groups for different purposes and in different circumstances should be made. "Groups" includes very small informal groups running up to large major cooperatives and also includes elected committees (e.g., village development committees, Panchayats at the levels of village Block and district). (original)
Chang, H.T. (author / Senior Rural Development Specialist, South Asia Project Department, World Bank, Washington, D.C.) and Senior Rural Development Specialist, South Asia Project Department, World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05321
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James F. Evans Collection, In: Gajendra Singh, J.H. de Goede, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development Technology : an Integrated Approach, June 21-24, 1977, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1977. p. 3-13., The Asian small farmers must be reached directly if they are to share in the benefits of development. In order to reach them, channels must be built for delivery of goods, technology, services and credit. Farmer organizations are essential links to this delivery system and, thus, are crucial to rural development. In the long run, rural development must embrace all activities for the betterment of rural livelihood. However, to lump many activities of a different nature together and call the product "integrated" has led to the failure of many projects. True integration should be built around activities directed at solving critical farm level problems faced by large numbers of farmers. (original)
Mathur, S.G. (author / Head of Technology Department, Regional College of Education, Bhopal, India) and Head of Technology Department, Regional College of Education, Bhopal, India
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05327
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, In: Gajendra Singh, J.H. de Goede, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development Technology : an Integrated Approach, June 21-24, 1977, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1977. p. 505-519., Developing countries should device an educational alternative which should accelerate rural development. Developing countries due to financial constraints and low gross national product level can not finance universal schooling. Non-formal vocational education centres which can combine education with production and training could be one of the solutions. These centers can exhibit and propagate technology best suited for the particular community needs. Selection of right communication techniques involving dialogue rather than monologue or command would thus be necessary for the transfer of appropriate technology, which again should be suited to the level of understanding and adoption of the recipient groups. The paper discusses a new type of non-formal vocational school for integrated rural development. Such nonformal schools should combine elementary education with training and production to create self-generating rural economy for rural development. (original).
Axinn, Nancy W. (author / Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Nepal) and Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05329
Notes:
Evans, Axinn, In: Gajendra Singh, J.H. de Goede, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development Technology : an Integrated Approach, June 21-24, 1977, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1977. p. 535-544.
Axinn, George H. (author / Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Rampur, Nepal) and Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University, Rampur, Nepal
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05326
Notes:
Evans, Axinn, In: Gajendra Singh, J.H. de Goede, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development Technology : an Integrated Approach, June 21-24, 1977, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1977. p. 487-503., This paper examines the proposition that most formal education does not stimulate rural development; it tends to oppress rural development. Based on studies in Nepal, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and other Asian Countries, it examines ways in which education can stimulate rural development, and identifies some of the critical variables. Rural development is defined as a process, and suggestions are made of how it might be furthered. Then education is described as a potential instrument for rural development. Then contrasts are drawn between centrally controlled education and locally controlled education; between literary/academic education and practical/applied education; between "banking type" and "problem posing" education; and between education for status differentiation and education for functional specialization. (original).
Rivera, Fermina T. (author / Central Luzon State University, Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines) and Central Luzon State University, Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05328
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, In: Gajendra Singh, J.H. de Goede, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development Technology : an Integrated Approach, June 21-24, 1977, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1977. p. 521-534., In the Philippines, the educational systems is being called upon to match its outputs to the manpower requirements of its economy. The secondary schools have responded by adopting on a national scale the new Practical Arts Program and expanding the vocational secondary education system. Education at the post high school level is quite another matter. To find rational justification for implementing the reforms considered, this paper presents some possibilities of vocationalizing secondary schools as a strategy for rural development. Its main thesis is that vocationalization consists in much more complex interrelationships of the internal elements of the educational systems and the social structure than was first thought, and that vocationalization of secondary schools cannot meet the requirements of a modernizing society. (original)
